Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a church built in 1843 by Edward Blore, with a chancel added in 1856 by G G Scott. It was constructed for E C Dowdeswell of Pull Court. The church is made of blue lias squared coursed rubble with Bath stone dressings. The 1843 section is in the Perpendicular style and features a nave, transepts, and a west tower topped with a broach spire. The three-stage tower has a moulded west door and a plaque that reads 'E.C.D. 1843'. There are circular openings on the second stage, one of which contains a clock, and two-light bell openings. The battlements and slim flying buttresses of the spire have been removed, leaving a flat parapet and a recessed spire. The nave has two-light windows with hood-moulds and three-light windows in the transepts. The Bath stone cornice and flat parapet were formerly battlemented, and the roofs are low and slate-covered.

The chancel, in the Decorated style, is elaborate with a steep slate roof, crocketted pinnacles, and a pierced parapet. It features a three-light east window adorned with ballflower ornamentation and has a south-east chapel attached. The chancel roof is supported by curved braces on stone corbels.

Inside, the chancel fittings designed by Scott include iron and brass gates, a painted Italian Gothic style reredos, and stalls, along with an encaustic tile floor. The east window dates from around 1856. In the nave, there are three windows from around 1850 in a crudely medieval style and a fourth window signed by Warrington in 1863. At the west end, there is a brass memorial to Thomas Payne, who died in 1500. The church also contains numerous Dowdeswell memorials, including three pedimented wall monuments from 1633, 1673, and 1706, as well as two matching marble monuments from around 1666 and 1683, each featuring a column supporting an urn. In the south-east chapel, there is a memorial signed by J Hickey from around 1775 to William Dowdeswell, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1765 to 1766.