Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church primarily built in the 14th and 15th centuries. It is constructed of stone and features an embattled west tower, a nave with a clerestory, a south aisle, a south porch, and a chancel. The nave and aisle have flat leaded roofs, with the nave roof replaced in concrete due to wartime bomb damage. The south aisle windows display good 14th-century tracery, while the clerestory and north windows are from the late 15th century.

Inside, the church has a nave arcade consisting of three bays. Notable fittings include a 13th-century font with a plain octagonal bowl on a base supported by four slender shafts, which still shows remnants of carving. The pulpit is from the 18th century and has been altered.

In the chancel, there are several monuments, including brasses commemorating Thomas Chibnale and his wives from 1534, as well as black marble slabs inside the altar rails dedicated to 18th-century members of the Lowndes family. On the north wall, three monuments are present: the left-hand monument from the 17th century features Corinthian columns supporting an entablature with a broken segmental pediment and a central cartouche of arms. The columns are supported by cherubs' heads and are made of black and grey marble, with white marble caps and brackets.

The right-hand monument, dedicated to William Lowndes from 1773, includes a white inscription panel surrounded by Sienna marble, with a grey marble curved top and a central portrait medallion. This panel is set on a string with flutings and roundels above a curved apron featuring a coat of arms. The central monument commemorates Margaret, the wife of William Lowndes, likely crafted by the same artist. It has an arched panel flanked by pilasters, made of Sienna marble with white accents, supporting a cornice and a broken pediment. The outer sides of the pilasters are decorated with red marble scrolls, and the apron features a central cartouche of arms.