Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church dating back to the mid-12th century. The base of the west tower is constructed from indurated conglomerate and was later repaired with red brick in irregular English bond to the top stage, which is now embattled with a stone cope and angle buttresses. The tower retains original timbers, as well as door-leaves and their cases.

The nave is tall with a peg-tiled roof, incorporating some crested ridge bonnets. North and south aisles were added around 1300, creating arcades that cut through the existing walls. The arches and piers are chamfered, and Norman windows present were blocked during this period, with a clerestory cut higher up. The south aisle features two cinque foil windows with single centred heads, and a dormer-height bay window. A medieval timber-framed porch, heavily restored, stands on the south side, with a roof of early type.

The chancel is of the late 14th century Perpendicular style, re-pointed and containing re-set windows and details, with angle buttresses. Red brick, possibly Roman in origin, is incorporated, along with two trefoiled windows set into the apex of the nave above the chancel. The north aisle, dating from around 1300 and constructed from indurated conglomerate, has a bricked-up north door.

Inside, there is a crown-post roof dating from around 1300, supported by moulded tie-beams and scissor-braced couples. A gallery is supported by four slender cast iron columns, dated 1836. The floor is brick, and there is a monument to Richard Blackmore, along with an ironbound chest of uncertain date.