Church Of St Peter And St Paul

The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a parish church, with origins dating back to the 14th century. Significant rebuilding occurred in the 15th century, and further alterations and a general restoration took place in 1863-4, overseen by W. Slater. The church is constructed of coursed rubble walls with ashlar dressings. The nave roof is tiled with stone slate verges and gable ends, while the south aisle, chancel, and north porch are stone slated.

The west tower is of three stages, separated by string courses, and features an embattled parapet with crocketed finials and diagonal buttresses. A north vice turret is rectangular below and octagonal above, with rectangular loops for lighting. The west door has a two-centred, moulded head with continuous jambs, and the west window is a three-light design with panel tracery under a two-centred head, the label continuous with the string course. A small two-light window is located on the north side of the second stage, and the third stage features two two-light mullioned and transomed windows with pierced stone panels filling the lower portions of the lights. Gargoyles adorn the parapet string.

The nave windows are three-light designs with panel tracery under two-centred heads; the east window is a 15th-century reset. The south aisle windows are also three-light designs with panel tracery under segmental pointed heads with returned labels. The east window of the south aisle is from the 14th century, with two lights and a quatrefoil under a two-centred head with a returned label. The chancel windows have two-centred heads and Y-tracery, with returned labels; the east window is of three lights.

The south porch has a moulded two-centred arch, partly continuous with the jambs. The north door has a two-centred, moulded head with continuous jambs.

Internally, a two-centred chancel arch features two straight chamfered orders. The nave arcade consists of three two-centred arches of two straight chamfered orders, with a small inserted arch to the east. A two-centred, moulded truer arch with blind trefoiled tracery is also present. A piscina is located in both the chancel and aisle. There is a rebated, two-centred rood vice door. The roofs are barrel vaults with carved bosses. A 15th-century octagonal font features quatrefoils bearing shields and roses on an octagonal pier with trefoiled panels. Various 18th and 19th-century monuments are present, including a large tablet dedicated to the D’Aubenys and Herberts family, created by King of Bath. A 19th-century stone pulpit and reredos, possibly by Forsyth, are also notable. Other fittings are largely from the 19th century.