Church of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed parish church located in Rowlstone, with origins dating back to the 12th century. The structure includes a nave and chancel from the 12th century, a 15th-century east end, a late 16th-century west tower, and a late 19th-century south porch. The church is built from sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a 20th-century tiled roof.

The west tower consists of three stages, with roll moulding above the plinth, two string courses, and a pyramidal roof. It has single square-headed loops on the lower and middle stages, along with a square-headed vent in the bell stage.

The nave features a semicircular-headed 12th-century window on the left and a three-light 19th-century window on the right of the porch. The inner doorway is a mid-12th-century semicircular-headed design with two orders: the inner order is roll moulded, while the outer order is enriched with diaper work and a decorated hood mould. The inner order has attached shafts on the jambs, and the outer order has square moulded bases and capitals adorned with entwined foliage and bird motifs. The tympanum depicts Christ seated in majesty, surrounded by flying angels. The door is a 20th-century replacement that reuses the strapwork, hinges, and twisted serpent handle from an earlier door. Two semicircular-headed 12th-century windows remain on the north wall of the nave.

In the chancel, there is a single semicircular-headed light, and the east end features a 15th-century traceried window with three trefoil-headed lights.

Inside, the nave has a five-bay layout with a 16th-century open arch-braced roof, which is ceiled in the chancel. The chancel arch is a mid-12th-century semicircular-headed arch with heavy roll moulding and a band of diaper work. It has attached shafts with moulded bases and enriched capitals, decorated with entwined foliage and bird motifs, including a pair of figures on the outer order, with the figures on the south side placed upside-down.

Fittings include a late 12th-century or early 13th-century circular font bowl set on a 19th-century base, and wrought iron candle brackets in the chancel from the 15th or 16th century, featuring bird and fleur-de-lis motifs.