Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church dating from the 14th century, which underwent significant restoration in the mid-19th century. It features a square west tower made of coralline crag, while the nave and chancel are finished in stucco on a base of flint and rubble. The roofs are plain tiled, with a parapet on the east wall of the nave. The windows display cusped 'Y' tracery typical of the Decorated style, except for one window on the north wall of the nave, which has a depressed arch in the Perpendicular style. The south porch is a late 19th-century addition. The south doorway, dating from the 14th century, features a moulded arch and jambs. The church has diagonal stepped buttresses at the west end of the nave where it meets the tower, as well as stepped buttresses on the north and south sides of the nave and chancel; the buttresses on the north side are reinforced with red brick. Inside, the church has plaster ceilings, concealing the roof structure. The chancel arch includes two quatrefoil openings. There is a 14th-century piscina in the south wall of the nave near the east end, and another piscina in the south wall of the sanctuary. The font, dating from the 13th century, has an octagonal bowl made of Purbeck marble.