Church Of St Peter And St Paul

The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a church dating from the 14th and 15th centuries, located in Pettistree. It is constructed of rubble flint and knapped flint with ashlar dressings, and has a plain tiled and slate roof. The church comprises a nave, chancel, and a west tower.

The tower's west face features diagonal buttresses that recede over four offsets. It has a projecting plinth with chequerboard flushwork, also visible on the lower faces of the buttresses, and ashlar quoins. The central door surround is ashlar, double-chamfered at the bottom, developing into an ogee shape with fillet moulding on the arch. Above this is a string course below a two-light window with ogee trefoil heads and a quatrefoil apex. A single-light lancet window with a cinquefoil ogee head and blind tracery sits above, also resting on a string course. There is a further string below the belfry opening, which is of two lights with cinquefoil heads and panel tracery. Another string is located below the parapet, which has chequerboard flushwork and ashlar coping. The south face has blank walling, except for a quatrefoil opening. A staircase turret is present on the right side, featuring ashlar quoins, one with a double-ogee moulding and fillet. A deep angle buttress is also present, dying back over four offsets. The north face is similar, but without the turret. The east face abuts the nave and has a belfry opening consistent with the tower’s design.

The north side of the nave displays rubble flint in the lower body and knapped flint in the upper body, indicating a raised roof. There are two Perpendicular windows, each of two lights with cinquefoil heads and panel tracery. A doorway with a hollow-chamfered ashlar surround is positioned to the right. Above this, four quatrefoil lights are blocked. The south face has a projecting plinth with chequerboard flushwork, and two similar windows to those on the north side. A doorway with a double-ogee moulded ashlar surround and hood mould is located at the left, alongside four blocked quatrefoils. A projecting buttress with chequered flushwork on its outer face dies back over two offsets.

The chancel has a ridgeline similar to the nave but with a lower eaves level. The south face has two lateral windows, each of two lights with Y-tracery dating to around 1300 (partially renewed), between which is a Perpendicular window of two cinquefoil-headed lights with panel tracery. The north face has a projecting 19th-century gabled organ bay at centre, with a single lancet light and ashlar kneelers. To the right of the organ bay are two Y-tracery windows with renewed ashlar. A cinquefoil-headed window with a near-round arch is located at the left, and the east face features a window with 19th-century Geometrical tracery.

The interior showcases semi-octagonal piers on either side of the tower and chancel arches, with chamfered arches and moulded caps and bases.