Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is an Anglican parish church with a history spanning the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, and a major restoration in 1875 by J.L. Pearson. It is constructed primarily of flint and limestone, with ashlar facing on the tower, and has lead and tiled roofs. The church consists of a nave with a north aisle and a south porch, a chancel, and a west tower. The gabled south porch features a door with large mask terminals to a segmental hood, topped by an angel. The south wall of the nave was rebuilt in 1875, incorporating square-headed windows and two-light clerestory windows with monolithic heads. The chancel has two-light windows and a 19th-century three-light east window. The west tower, dating from the 15th century, is two stages in height, with angle buttresses, a stair in the southeast corner, a low west door and window above, two-light bell openings, a crenellated parapet, and crocketed pinnacles.

Inside, the nave has a four-bay arcade transitioning to the north aisle, featuring round columns and capitals, some with spurred bases. The walls were replastered in the 19th century. The chancel arch has two chamfered orders that diminish into 13th-century responds. A large tower arch is also present. The roof is open and likely 19th century. The chancel was largely refitted in the 19th century and incorporates a three-bay arch-braced roof with carved head corbels and mouldings under the east window. The north aisle contains an arched wall tomb, lacking its chest but retaining a carved back and panelled soffit, along with reset fragmentary encaustic tiles at floor level. The font, positioned under the tower, has a 19th-century octagonal bowl set upon a 13th-century five-columned base. A reconstructed pulpit incorporates 17th-century carved boards, complemented by a similar readers desk. The pews are late 17th-century panelled work, restored in the 19th century. The vestry screen in the aisle also features 17th-century panelling, and a late 19th-century organ is housed within a carved oak enclosure. Fragments of medieval glass remain in the head of the chancel south window. A brass, dating from 1705, is unfixed in the chancel, memorializing John Michell. A wall tablet in the chancel commemorates Rev John Starkie Jackson, who died in 1822. Within the nave, a lead plaque remembers Elizabeth Richmond Wells, who died in 1823, and another commemorates Lieut William Gale, detailing his career and death in 1888. White marble wall tablets in the aisle are dedicated to Gladys Stewart, who died in 1903 (by Lloyd of Bedwyn), and William Butcher, who died in 1821 (by Reeves of Bath). The chancel arch displays arms dating from 1782, alongside paternoster, creed, and commandment boards. Furnishings include a small mid-18th-century chest with two fielded panels and a 19th-century Caucasian runner.