Church of St. Peter

The Church of St. Peter is a Grade II* listed building located in Stoke Lyne. It dates back to the 12th century, with the chancel and nave originating from this period. The north aisle was added in the early 13th century, and the south tower was constructed in the early 14th century. A significant restoration was carried out by H. Woodyer in 1868. The church is built of squared coursed limestone and coursed limestone rubble, featuring steeply pitched stone slate roofs arranged in diminishing courses and stone coped gables. The structure includes the chancel, nave, south tower, south porch, north aisle, and north vestry.

The church has a five-window range. The chancel features a restored triplet of 12th-century windows and a Geometrical window above. On the south side of the chancel, there is a 12th-century priest's doorway flanked by lancets and a 12th-century window. The nave contains two 12th-century windows on the north side and a blocked 12th-century doorway. The west end has a four-light restored window with plate tracery alongside a 12th-century window. To the left of the porch on the south side is a lancet window. The tower, which has two stages, includes a three-light reticulated window on the south and louvred round-arched windows in the bell-turret. It features diagonal buttresses, string courses, and a crenellated parapet topped with a pyramidal roof and a lightning conductor. The south porch, added in the 19th century, includes a 12th-century south doorway with a roll hoodmould adorned with animal headstops and an arch decorated with zig-zag patterns. Above the doorway is a niche with a round arched head and a small 12th-century figure, likely representing St. Peter. The chancel has a 19th-century stone corbel table.

Inside, the church features 19th-century roofs and a late 12th-century chancel arch with a hood mould decorated with nailhead chamfer and two moulded orders supported by responds with scalloped capitals. The chancel was rebuilt in 1868, reusing the original window openings, except for the rose window, which is new, and the three east lancets, which are copies of the originals. The west window was also installed in 1868. Notable interior elements include a brass memorial to Edward Love, who died in 1557, and his wife Alice, who died in 1535, as well as a chest tomb for William Holt, who died in 1582, and his wife Katherine, with brasses above it. There is a wall monument to Ralph Holt, who died in 1702, stained glass donated by Lady Peyton in 1873, a medieval font, and 19th-century pews.