Church Of St Peter And St Paul

The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul is a parish church with medieval origins, significantly restored in 1870 and 1888. It comprises a nave, chancel, north and south aisles, a west tower, and north and south porches. The construction is primarily flint rubble with stone dressings, with plastered side walls in the chancel. The roofs are leaded.

The early 14th-century west tower is square and features four stages, topped with a crenellated parapet and 2-light belfry openings. The aisles date to the 15th century and retain largely original windows. In the early 16th century, the north aisle was extended eastward to create a Guild Chapel, incorporating a doorway and window of early 14th-century origin from the chancel. The clerestory features six bays with 15th-century, 2-light windows. A decorative, original sanctus bell turret sits at the east end of the nave roof.

The south porch, dating to around 1420, underwent 19th-century restoration and exhibits flushwork panelling with an enriched entrance arch. Above the arch are two Tudor roses within square panels. A 2-light parvis window is flanked by empty canopied niches and 3-light traceried panels, and the porch is topped by a stone parapet with quatrefoils and cresting. The interior of the porch features a tierceron vault with carved bosses springing from 19th-century corbels. A medieval nave door provides access.

The early 14th-century chancel was considerably restored in the 19th century and contains an original north window and two 15th-century windows on the south side. A 19th-century, 4-light east window is present, designed in Perpendicular style and featuring internal shafts with foliage capitals.

Inside, there are three-bay aisle arcades. The nave is notable for its fine 15th-century, single hammer-beam roof with a wide, enriched cornice, while the chancel has an arch-braced roof also from the 15th century. Much of the north aisle roof remains medieval, with pierced spandrels and wall posts resting on carved head corbels. The south aisle includes an ogee-headed, cinquefoil piscina. The sanctuary contains an elaborate, canopied piscina and triple sedilia, originally from the early 14th century but largely renewed in the late 19th century. A plain, octagonal font dates back to the medieval period. A fine set of eighteen late 15th-century benches with poppyhead ends, carved ends and backrests (and some retaining carved armrests), are also present; two benches feature twelve square panels, each with a different carved design. Some benches incorporate 15th-century carved components. A dado of a 15th-century rood screen with traceried panels is also visible.