Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church that dates back to the early 14th century, with alterations made in the late 14th century. Construction of the tower was funded by bequests in 1390. The chancel was demolished and partially rebuilt in 1827, re-roofed in 1834, and underwent restorations in 1866-67 for the nave and in 1875 for the chancel. The church is built of pebble flint with ashlar dressings and features thatched roofs.

The structure includes a western tower and a continuous nave and chancel. The tower has three stages supported by diagonal buttresses and features flushwork panels at the base. It has an arched and moulded west door beneath a two-light reticulated window, with set-offs between the storeys. There are square traceried ventilation panels in the ringing chamber, except on the east side, and two-light reticulated belfry windows. The tower is topped with a crenellated parapet and has four gargoyles.

The nave is supported by stepped side buttresses and has a gabled south porch with diagonal buttresses. The entrance is arched and moulded, with semi-circular responds, and above it is a cinquefoiled statuary niche under a square hood. The porch features a rebuilt brick parapet and two-light reticulated side windows, along with two three-light cusped intersecting windows on the south side. The north side has similar windows but without cusping. There is a narrow two-light ogeed window to the east of the nave windows under a square hood. The eastern nave buttresses on the south and one on the north are made of 18th-century brick. Diagonal eastern buttresses flank a four-light cusped intersecting east window from 1827.

Inside, there is a narrow tower arch with polygonal responds on bases and capitals. The north and south doors have depressed wave moulded hoods on labels. The church also features an octagonal 14th-century font with colonettes between trefoiled stem panels and a bowl decorated with encircled quatrefoils. The roof is boarded.