Church Of St Peter And St Paul

The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a parish church dating to 1781. The chancel was largely rebuilt between 1859 and 1860, and the nave was mostly rebuilt with the tower reduced in 1909. The church is constructed of green sandstone rubble blocks, with some red brick patching, limestone dressings, and has plain tile and slate roofs with stone coped gables, kneelers and an east cross finial.

The west tower of 1781 was truncated in 1909 to form a lean-to porch, containing a semi-circular headed doorway with a raised keystone, a plain fanlight and a panelled door. A small wooden, gabled bellcote sits above the porch. Fragments of limestone rubble and red brick patching are visible on the north side, including a whorl moulded fragment. The nave has a plinth and red brick dentillated eaves. The north side features two pointed windows, each with two cusped, ogee headed lights, reticulated tracery and a hood mould. The chancel has a plinth and a single north lancet. The east end is flanked by two-stage diagonal buttresses and a moulded string course, below the east window, which is a cluster of three lancets with nook shafts, a hood mould and label stops. The south side of the chancel has a single lancet. The gabled vestry, added in 1859-60, projects southwards and has a tall octagonal stone chimney. Its east side has a rectangular window with a cusped ogee headed light. The south end has a tall rectangular window with a cusped, ogee headed light and a hood mould. The west side has a pointed doorway with a continuous moulded surround and a plank door. The south side of the nave has three pointed windows, each with two cusped, ogee headed lights, reticulated tracery and a hood mould.

Inside, the chancel arch is of the 19th century, with a pointed, moulded head of two orders, semi-circular responds with moulded capitals and a hood mould. The south vestry has a rectangular opening into the chancel, with a small organ inserted. The east window has nook shafts, moulded heads to the lights and head label stops. The church has 19th-century roofs, with painted decoration in the chancel. A 15th-century octagonal font has panel tracery on its bowl and pedestal. There is an ornate 19th-century altar and reredos with painted panels depicting the Virgin and Child and the apostles, and a 19th-century pulpit with two panelled sides, one containing a relief of the Magi with the Virgin and Child. A bell is dated 1683, and the church also contains 20th-century chairs.