Church of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building, dating from the mid to late 15th century. Constructed of ashlar, it features a nave with two aisles, the north aisle having a canted west end, a chancel, a west tower, and a porch. The church does not have a clerestory. The aisle windows are designed with three-light Perpendicular tracery, while the west window has five-light Perpendicular tracery. The tower is located at the west end of the south aisle and consists of three stages, topped with a crenellated parapet and octagonal turrets at the corners, which are capped by 18th-century pyramidal finials. The windows in the top stage also feature three-light Perpendicular tracery. The roofs of the aisle and chancel have crenellated parapets, with finials at the east corners of the chancel, likely from the 19th century. The porch has a doorway with a four-centred arch and a square hood mould, and the interior of the porch is tierceron vaulted.

Inside, the church boasts a tall Perpendicular arcade and a 19th-century wooden roof supported by stone angel corbels. The roofs of the aisles are also wooden and lean-to in style. A quadrant relieving arch meets the tower in the south aisle. The chancel is tierceron vaulted, and its east wall was rebuilt by T H Wyatt between 1862 and 1863, featuring highly polychromed tiling in abstract patterns.

The church contains notable monuments, particularly in the chancel, including memorials to three children of Sir Nicholas Hyde from 1626 and to Marianne Maurice from 1840, created by Ternouth to designs by Chantrey. There are also more Baroque tablets present. The furnishings are from the 19th century, replacing earlier Georgian box pews. Cardinal Wolsey was ordained as a priest here in 1498. The Church of St Peter is considered the best church in Marlborough, notable for its impressive vaulting and its prominent location.

The Church of St Peter and St Paul is part of a group that includes Nos 42 to 64 and Nos 65 to 85, The Sun Public House, and Nos 88 to 90.