Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church located on Main Street in Flawborough. It was largely rebuilt in 1841 for Reverend Sturton and subsequently restored in 1892, with the addition of a vestry also in 1892. The church is constructed of brick, partly rough cast, with gabled slate roofs. Ashlar dressings and a chamfered plinth are present. The windows are mainly single and double chamfered lancets with iron lozenge-shaped glazing bars, all featuring hood moulds.

The west tower has three stages, string courses, moulded eaves, a coped parapet and four pinnacles. There are four clasping buttresses with two setoffs. A lancet window is found on the south side of the first stage, above which is a late 18th century slate and ashlar tablet. A re-sited and re-cut 11th century doorway, decorated with zigzag, nailhead, and scallop bands, is on the west side, flanked by pairs of colonettes with leaf and scallop capitals. A datestone inscribed “This Church rebuilt 1840” is positioned above. A rounded stair turret with a conical slab roof and a curved Gothic style door is on the north side. The second stage features a blocked round opening to the south and a cusped 13th century style double lancet with projecting quoins and hood mould to the west. The third stage has four single lancet openings.

The nave, with two bays, has moulded eaves and a coped parapet. Each side features three ashlar buttresses and two double lancets with Y tracery. The chancel, also with two bays, has a coped east gable with kneelers and a cross. The east end has a 14th century style triple lancet with panel tracery. A mullioned casement with cusped heads in a square headed reveal is found on the south side of the chancel. The single-bay, lean-to vestry has a wooden double lancet to the north, and a pointed doorway with a re-set conical finial to the east.

Inside, a chamfered and rebated elliptical tower arch leads to the nave. The tower chamber contains a draught screen with Gothic tracery. The aisleless nave is characterized by a strutted king post roof, while the chancel has a similar, lower roof. A restored 13th century piscina is located on the south side of the chancel, to the east. The vestry lacks architectural detailing.

The church contains a 12th century font bowl with interlaced arcading, covered with a 19th century cover and set on an octagonal base and stem. Fittings from 1892 include softwood stalls, desks, benches, a panelled octagonal pulpit, an altar rail on scrolled iron stands, a bracketed wrought iron lectern, and a framed donations board depicting the previous church and its inscription. Monuments include a cast iron oval tablet featuring a sarcophagus, commemorating Ellen Bland (1822), and a gabled marble tablet signed “Davies, West Brompton” (1850), depicting a dove and scroll.