Church Of St Peter

Parish church. The origins of the Church of St Peter date to the early 13th century, with additional windows added in the 14th and 15th centuries. The tower was heightened in 1875, and the chancel was restored in 1891. The church is constructed primarily of flint with ashlar dressings, covered by slate roofs. It consists of a west tower, a nave, and a continuous chancel. Originally, the tower was circular, comprising two stages. It has a C19 lancet window on the west side, and quatrefoil ringing chamber windows facing north, south, and west. In 1875, an octagonal belfry was added, featuring stone windows on alternating facets, and it has a double crenellated parapet. The north door, dating from around 1200, features a single order of colonnettes with scalloped capitals and cushion bases, a decorated arch on block imposts, and a zig-zag moulded arch with a double billet hood mould. Two C13 lancets are found on the nave’s north side, separated by a two-light Perpendicular window under a depressed arch. The gabled south porch has a hollow and chamfered arch; its flanks are punctuated by cusped rectangular windows. Inside the porch are incorporated remains of the original south doorway, which features zig-zag mouldings and fragments of decorative roundels in the soffits. The nave is pierced by a two-light ogeed C14 window, a late C13 cinquefoiled lancet window, and a stilted three-light Perpendicular window. The chancel is lower than the nave. Two two-light Perpendicular windows and an arched priests’ door are located on the chancel's south side, alongside a four-light C19 east window. The north chancel wall is blank. Inside, the tower arch has double hollow chamfered responds. A holy water stoup is situated by the north door. The C15 font is octagonal, with a traceried ogee stem and a truncated bowl. A frieze of winged angels bearing books appears under the bowl. The nave features a C19 scissor-braced roof, and the chancel has a roof of principals and one tier of butt purlins, both of C19 design. A C13 piscina is also present within the chancel, with one order of shafts, moulded bases, waterleaf capitals, a multiple roll moulded arch, and a hood mould with label stops. Below it is a C13 aumbry, retaining decorated iron strap hinges. Brass memorials are dedicated to Thomas Pallyng and his wife Emme (1503), depicted in civil costume with an inscription; and to John Clippesby, his wife Julian, and their children (1594), with John in military costume and Julian in civil attire, also with an inscription.