Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is an Anglican parish church located in Pitton, originally dating from the 12th century, with early 14th-century elements and restoration work carried out between 1878 and 1880 by Ewan Christian. The church is constructed of flint with greensand dressings and features tiled roofs, with copper covering the aisle. It has a nave with a north aisle and a vestry positioned at right angles, while the south porch has been raised to serve as a tower.

The nave contains two restored 14th-century windows and a three-light west window with intersecting tracery. The chancel has rectangular windows, including a 19th-century three-light east window. The porch features a shouldered two-centred arch with a hollow chamfer and a benchmark. Above the porch is a 19th-century bell chamber with single lancet windows and a pyramidal roof topped with a wind vane dating from 1801. The inner door is a late 12th-century round arch with a bowtell hood.

Inside, the nave has a 19th-century polygonal trussed rafter roof. The north arcade consists of three bays supported by round columns and capitals, all from the 19th century, while a 12th-century capital is built into the east wall of the nave. The chancel arch rests on corbels, and the rere-arches to the windows are in a 13th-century style, possibly imitating earlier designs. The church features an open trussed rafter roof, and there is a medieval piscina bowl set in the sill of the southeast window. The reredos is made of glazed tiles, and the east window was created in 1880 by C.E. Kempe.

Fittings include a 12th-century font with a double twisted band on a later column, an octagonal oak pulpit from the 19th century, clergy desks, and choir stalls with open carved foils. The sanctuary rail is supported by brass. Notable monuments include an incised slate tablet commemorating the Great War and a brass reset in the chancel wall dedicated to Edward Zouche, who died in 1580.