Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church that dates back to the early 12th century. It was extended in the late 12th century, featuring arcades to the north and south aisles, of which three bays of the south aisle remain. The chancel was added in the early 13th century, along with a west tower. The north arcade was rebuilt in the 14th century, and the aisle was extended eastwards at that time; the south aisle and porch were also added in the late 14th century. The church underwent restorations around 1850, 1865, and 1890.

The structure is built with walls of Barnack limestone, limestone ashlar, flint, and clunch rubble, with some red brick repairs covered by cement render. The chancel and nave have a continuous gable roof that is plain tiled, while the low-pitched roofs of the aisles and porch are covered in lead. The tower consists of four stages with chamfered strings, angle buttresses, and side buttresses, all of three stages. A brick parapet, added around 1825, features angle gargoyles.

The south aisle has diagonal and side buttresses of two stages and a reduced parapet. It contains three windows: a 19th-century two-light window to the west of the porch, an early 16th-century elliptical-headed five-light window with sunk spandrels in a square-headed arch, and a late 14th-century pointed two-light window with trefoiled spandrels. The late 14th-century south doorway has a two-centred head and continuous moulded jambs decorated with paterae and a carving of a pelican in piety. The south porch has a low-pitched roof from the 19th century, replacing the original parapetted gable roof, and features grotesque lion gargoyles and a restored archway.

The chancel includes reused Barnack ashlar below the cill height, a sealed lowside window, a late 15th-century three-light window in a four-centred arch, a 13th-century doorway with a trefoiled-headed lancet above, a late 14th-century window with two cinquefoil-headed lights and a quatrefoil, and a trefoiled lancet light to the east.

Inside, the church has various architectural details and monuments, with roofs rebuilt in the 19th century. The pulpit, dating to around 1600, has been restored with linenfold panels, and there are late 15th-century oak pews. The font is from the early 13th century, and some late 14th and 15th-century glass remains. The church was rebuilt in the 12th century on the site of a minster church.