Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church dating from the 13th and 14th centuries, with restoration work completed in 1847. It is constructed of flint and stone, featuring stone dressings and a plain tile roof. The church consists of a nave and chancel, along with a north vestry. The original west belfry was removed during the 1847 restoration.

The nave, which dates back to the 13th century, lacks a plinth and has two buttresses on the west and one on the south. A 19th-century flint and stone bell-cote is located at the west end, which also features a 19th-century lancet window with a hoodmould. The south side has two 19th-century lancets and one 19th-century two-light window. The west doorway is unchamfered and pointed-arched, while a blocked doorway towards the centre of the south side may contain re-used stone and fragments of three scratch dials.

The chancel, also from the 13th century, has a south buttress and includes two 19th-century south lancets, two rebated east lancets, and one north lancet. The vestry, added in the 19th century, has a flint stack to the east and two north lancets, along with a west doorway featuring a Caernavon arch.

On the north elevation of the nave, there is one buttress, remnants of six stone rood-loft stairs projecting from the wall towards the east end, one 19th-century lancet, and one 19th-century two-light window. A blocked chamfered pointed-arched doorway is located towards the centre.

Inside, the structure features a doubly hollow-chamfered chancel arch, likely from the 14th century, which dies into the wall. There is a blocked rebated rectangular stone doorway leading to the rood-loft stairs. The roof of the nave has moulded octagonal crown posts on chamfered tie-beams, with sous-laces and ashlar-pieces, while the chancel has a common-rafter roof with similar detailing.

Decorative elements include fragments of 15th-century stained glass in the north-west window of the nave. Additionally, there is a funerary helm with a crest of an arm holding a pistol, likely for George Rooke, who died in 1649, although it has been assembled from earlier pieces.