Church Of St Mary And St Peter

The Church of St Mary and St Peter is an Anglican parish church located in Winford, with a west tower dating from the 15th century. The main body of the church was rebuilt in 1796 and restored in 1820, with further restoration occurring in the late 19th century. The tower and the plinth of the church are made from finely jointed squared and coursed dressed stone, while the main body is constructed from coursed rubble and has slate roofs. The church features a nave, chancel, west tower, and north and south aisles.

The 4-stage tower has set back buttresses, moulded string courses, and a polygonal stair turret at the north-east corner. It is topped with a trefoil-headed open panel parapet adorned with corner crocketted pinnacles and intricate gargoyles. The upper three stages of the tower have 2-light openings with hoodmoulds and lozenge stops, while the lower stages are blind and the bell stage is louvred. The first stage of the west facade includes a deeply moulded pointed-arched doorway with two-leaf doors featuring applied Gothick mouldings, and a light with intersecting tracery above. Above this is a 3-light Gothick window. The nave has simple pointed-arched lights with flat section surrounds and leaded lights, while the chancel contains two 19th-century Perpendicular style windows under pointed heads and a chancel parapet with obelisk finials.

Inside, the tower arch is decorated with two orders of wave moulding, and the nave features 4-bay arcades with clustered shafts and pointed arches. The roof over the nave and chancel is compartmented, with leaf spray rosettes in each panel, resting on winged cherub corbels. Notable fittings include a west gallery with turned balusters on cast iron piers that commemorate the dates of rebuilding and restoration, a well-crafted panelled screen to the tower arch, a plain Perpendicular style font, and a wooden Gothick pulpit. The chancel contains four wooden prayer boards, and the nave windows feature stained glass heraldic shields, with the east window showcasing stained glass from 1889. The altar rails are designed similarly to the gallery balustrade, and there is a coat of arms below the tower on canvas in a wooden frame, representing G.R. III. A benefactions board dated 1813 is located opposite.