Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church largely dating to the early 14th century, with fragments from the 12th century incorporated into its structure. It was extended in the 16th century and restored in 1791 and 1885. The church is constructed from sandstone ashlar with a tile roof and comprises a west tower, nave, north aisle, and chancel with a south vestry.

The four-stage west tower has diagonal buttresses and a stair turret to the south-east corner topped with a plain parapet. The belfry features two 4-light windows with semi-circular heads and keystones, while the lower stages have smaller windows with 2-centred heads. The C19 west window is of three trefoiled lights under a 2-centred head with a decorative label. The south wall of the nave has a crenellated parapet, with blind quatrefoils decorating the merlons. The lower part of the wall is from the 14th century, while the clerestory dates to the 16th century, featuring windows of four lights under square heads. A C19 stone porch with a Tudor arched entrance is located on the left, concealing a C14 south door with a 2-centred head. A window to the right has been blocked, revealing its original 2-centred head. The chancel, rebuilt in 1885, has a projecting south vestry and a crenellated parapet. It contains a window with two ogee trefoiled lights under a 2-centred head, and an east window of five trefoiled lights under a 2-centred head, bearing a datestone of 1885. The north aisle has four bays, three of which display C14 side windows with two ogee lights under 2-centred heads. The C16 north chapel houses a window of three pointed lights under a square head. The clerestory mirrors the design of the south wall.

Inside, the three-bay C14 arcade to the north aisle has 2-centred arches resting on columns of quatrefoil plan. The chancel arch is two-centred of two orders, with respond shafts. The tower arch is a segmental 2-centred arch. A C19 north arcade, consistent in design with the chancel arch, spans two bays. An entrance to the rood stair is situated towards the east end of the south wall of the nave. The roofs are largely C19; the nave has a shallow pitch roof with moulded rafters, retaining traces of painted decoration to the east end. The church contains C12 decorative fragments set high within the south wall, and a wall memorial to Henry Lyttelton (died 1693), topped with an urn. A C14 recumbent knight is located under the north arcade of the chancel, alongside reset C14 floor tiles including impressed types and Malvern school tiles. The north chapel contains C18 segmental plan Gothick altar rails and an altar table. Faint traces of paint remain on the chancel arch, indicating the former presence of a "doom" composition.