Church Of St Peter

Parish church of multiple periods from the 13th century through to the 20th century, with phases of work in the 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th and 19th centuries. The building was restored in 1671 and 1686. The tower was rebuilt in 1778 by architect Francis Moore. The chancel windows were renewed in 1862, and the organ chamber and Lady Chapel were rebuilt in the same year. Further restorations took place in 1901, 1903 and 1914 under C. E. Ponting.

The church is constructed of ashlar, dressed stone, brick and coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. The roofs are slate and plain tile. The building has stepped and chamfered plinths and moulded parapets. The chancel and various gables have shouldered coped gables with crosses. The chancel's south side features a wavy corbel table. Early 20th-century gargoyles are distributed around the building, and several gadrooned rainwater heads are present.

The plan comprises a west tower, nave with north and south aisles, an organ chamber, Lady Chapel, chancel and south porch.

The west tower is in three stages with two string courses, an eaves band and a crenellated parapet topped by four pinnacles bearing wind vanes and Arms. The south-east side has a buttress engaged with the south aisle. The first stage contains a 16th-century cushed-head casement to the south. Above this is a tablet inscribed recording that "Tower was rebuilt and...roof renewed...in the year of our Lord 1778. Moore Archt." The west side has a moulded 16th-century door with overlight. The north side has a 16th-century lancet and a late 20th-century flat-roofed addition in the return angle. The second stage has a clock dated 1887 to the south, and a casement with segmental head to the west. The third stage has four re-used 16th-century double lancets.

The nave's clerestory dates to the 15th century and has three bays with moulded eaves and three gargoyles on each side. Each side is lit by three triple lancets with depressed ogee heads, Decorated tracery, hood moulds and stops.

The north aisle dates to the 14th and 15th centuries and comprises four bays with three buttresses and two setoffs. A moulded eaves band with gargoyles runs along its length. The west end has a restored 15th-century double lancet with cusped heads, Decorated tracery and hood mould. The north side has, to the west, a chamfered 13th-century doorway with hood mould and three 18th-century leaded casements with segmental heads.

The south aisle dates to the 15th century and has three bays. It features a moulded eaves band with gargoyles and a buttress with two setoffs. The south side has a late 15th-century cusped double lancet with hood mould to the west, and a 19th-century Decorated-style double lancet with ogee heads and hood mould to the east.

The organ chamber has a diagonal buttress. Its north gable contains a pointed door with hood mould and stops, with an ogee-headed double lancet to its right and a smaller lancet above. The east side has an ogee-headed lancet.

The Lady Chapel has paired corner buttresses to the east and a single buttress to the west. Its east side features a Perpendicular-style double lancet with hood mould, above which is a gargoyle. The south gable has a Perpendicular-style triple lancet with hood mould.

The chancel dates to the early 13th century and comprises three bays. The north side has three string courses and a buttress with four setoffs in the western return angle. A plaque inscribed "H * S 1671" appears to the left. To the right is a chamfered 13th-century lancet with remains of a hood mould. The east end has two pairs of differently flanking buttresses, those to the left bearing a pair of re-set stops. A five-light lancet in late 14th-century style with hood mould and mask stops occupies the easternmost position. The south side has a central buttress with a patterned tablet. To its left is a restored 14th-century priest's door with roll moulding and a 19th-century Decorated double lancet. To its right are two similar 19th-century lancets, all with hood moulds.

The south porch has paired diagonal buttresses and a 14th-century moulded doorway with filleted responds and hood mould. Above is a niche containing a figure dated 1906.

Interior of the south porch contains two stone benches and a 14th-century roof with moulded purlins. A 14th-century inner doorway has cove and roll moulding with billeted imposts. A 19th-century door carries a latch dated 1662.

The nave arcades date to the 14th century and comprise four bays. Each bay has three octagonal piers and responds with octagonal bases and capitals. The arches are double chamfered and rebated with hood moulds and mask stops. The roof is low-pitched with arch braces, angel corbels and carved bosses, rebuilt in 1914. The west end has a 19th-century doorway with hood mould.

The north aisle contains an off-centre 14th-century roll-moulded tomb recess with an armorial tablet and a mutilated figure of Sir John Babington, dated 1409. The east end has a blocked window and a 20th-century brass aumbry. The south aisle has three windows on both sides with stained glass from 1914 and 1927. Both aisles have lean-to roofs with shield corbels, rebuilt in 1914.

The Lady Chapel has a window with stained glass dated 1914 to the east.

The chancel arch is 14th-century, double chamfered and rebated, with octagonal imposts and capitals. The chancel has a bolection-moulded sill band. The north side has a chamfered opening to the organ chamber to the left, with a stained glass shield in the window to its right. The east window has a splayed reveal with quoins and gabled head. The south side has a 14th-century piscina and triple sedilia with ogee heads to the east, which were removed in 1686 and replaced in 1903. Two windows with stained glass from 1911 and c.1920 are also present. An elaborate principal rafter roof with wind and arch braces was installed in 1903.

Fittings include a 13th-century stoup on a clustered shaft, a font dated 1662 with a Gothic panelled octagonal stem and a splayed bowl with strapwork, and a panelled oak pulpit with Classical decoration from 1778, restored in 1907. Two fragments of an Anglo-Saxon cross with strapwork are displayed. A late 19th-century brass eagle lectern is present. The bells date to 1631, 1649, 1778, 1779 and two are 19th-century. Moulded softwood benches with shaped ends date to 1862. Panelled choir stalls and desks are from 1903. A carved, panelled oak chest dates to the 18th century.

Monuments include a tablet with gabled head and finials to Margaret Wilkinson, 1670, and a slate tablet with Latin inscription to Gabriel Brunt, 1638. A pilastered Classical tablet with angel corbel and cornice commemorates Jane Brunts (1659) and Robert Brunts (1676). A large painted alabaster monument with bracketed panelled aedicule containing kneeling figures and a relief panel below with six child figures commemorates John Hacker (1620) and Margaret Hacker (1627), with an inscribed apron. Three Classical marble and slate tablets to the Hacker family date to the 19th century, one signed "Earnshaw, Nottm." A marble and slate tablet with Arms and scrolled broken pediment commemorates Rev. Peter Priaulx (1783) and Caelia Priaulx (1751). Four Classical marble and slate tablets to the Beaumont family date to the 19th century and are signed by J. E. Hall, Searey and Drake, and Hoyles, all of Nottingham. Nine further similar tablets from the 19th century are also present. Royal Arms from the 20th century and 20th-century panels listing rectors, charities and a transcribed inscription recording "This tower was rebuilt, the transepts taken down and the church roofed, pewed and repaired in the yr. of our Id. 1778 Moore Archt." complete the interior furnishings.