Church Of Our Lady And St Peter In Chains And Attached Presbytery

The Church of Our Lady and St Peter in Chains, along with its attached presbytery, is a Roman Catholic church built in 1857 by Charles Hansom, with the chancel added between 1884 and 1885 by A.E. Purdie. The church features yellow brick with red brick bands and a roof made of Welsh slate and composite tile, designed in the Early Decorated style. It includes a nave and aisles, as well as a chancel. A two-storey porch is located in the southwest corner of the south aisle, and there is a four-light Decorated window above blank arcading on the west side. The south aisle consists of five bays, each with three-light Decorated windows and a clerestory above.

Inside, the church is richly decorated, featuring a western gallery supported by clustered shafts and open-work tracery. The nave has four bays plus an additional narrow western bay, with cylindrical shafts that have foliate capitals. Stilted trusses rest on clustered shafts that spring from corbels. The north aisle has no windows, while the high chancel arch is adorned with a rood and flanking statues beneath crocketed canopies. The altar is complemented by a reredos that includes statues of saints in niches, and the ceiling is painted with panels. Stained glass can be found in the east window, the north chancel arcade, and the high south chancel windows. The font is notable for its richly carved octagonal panels and wooden canopy, and there are painted oak panels depicting the stations of the cross.

The attached presbytery, also built in 1857, is designed in a similar style, featuring a composite tile roof, gables, and truncated stacks.