Church Of Ss Peter And Paul

The Church of SS Peter and Paul is a parish church located on Griston Church Road. Originally built in the 14th century, it was rebuilt in 1477 and restored in 1884 by J.B. Pearce. The church is constructed of flint with ashlar dressings and features a plain tiled roof. It consists of a west tower, nave, and chancel. The tower, built in 1477, was incomplete in 1538, with the belfry added in 1568. It has four stages with diagonal buttresses, a flushwork base adorned with shields and squares, and a three-light Perpendicular west window above an arched door. There is a ventilation panel for the ringing chamber and two-light belfry windows with mouchettes. The tower is topped with a battlemented flushwork parapet and has a full-height stair turret on the south side.

The nave features a wave-moulded south door with head stops and three buttresses, including one diagonal on the east side. It has three-light panel tracery windows and a fleuron frieze. The chancel includes a two-light Y window, a priest's door, and a three-light Perpendicular window. The east window, dating from the mid-14th century, has cusped lights supporting elongated quatrefoils in a Y frame, with an encircled quatrefoil above, surrounded by hollow mouldings and a hood. The east gable has a parapet on kneelers similar to the nave. There is a single two-light Perpendicular window on the north side, along with a rood stair turret and a north nave that mirrors the south.

A large north porch features diagonal buttresses and two Perpendicular windows from 1884. Inside, there is a tall tower arch with a gallery, and a screen dating to around 1370. The large ogee central arch has spandrels decorated with reticulation netting. There are four bays on each side of the ogee, with quatrefoils above. The pulpit is from the late 16th century, and the tester is an early 17th-century carved piece. A 16th-century box pew is located west of the screen, with some 16th-century pews in the chancel and the remainder added in 1884. The chancel features bench sedilia on the south wall, while the dado is panelled from the 19th century. The pitchpine roofs were installed in 1884, with the nave having a wall plate, double collars on arched braces, and two tiers of moulded butt purlins, along with six 15th-century angels at the wall plate. The chancel has a single collar and wind bracing, and there is a 15th-century oak chest with a lock. The tower staircase door dates from the late 15th century.