Parish Church Of St Peter

The Parish Church of St Peter features a chancel with north and south chapels, a nave, a north porch, and a west tower. The tower dates from the 15th century. Although the rest of the building appears to be from the same period, it was actually rebuilt by John Ashburnham in 1663. This church is recognized as one of the best examples in England of the Gothic style continuing after the Gothic period had ended.

Inside, the church retains all its contemporary 17th-century fittings, including iron screens to the chancel, chapels, and tower, communion rails, a pulpit, a former reredos of the Ten Commandments, and a gallery in the tower supported on wooden Ionic columns. There are also 18th-century box-pews. The north chapel serves as the Ashburnham mausoleum chapel and contains two notable 17th-century family monuments, one crafted by Bushnell. The south chapel previously housed the Ashburnham family pew as a gallery, but this has now been converted into a room for private prayer.