Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church dating primarily to the 15th century, with a south doorway possibly of Norman origin, and a north aisle likely from the early 16th century. The church’s north aisle arcade was likely rebuilt, and the building was refenestrated in the 19th century. It is constructed of random stone rubble, with the west tower and north aisle rendered, and has slate roofs with gable ends. The plan comprises a west tower, nave, north aisle, chancel, and south porch.

The west tower has two stages with diagonal buttresses, a polygonal stair turret to the north-east, and an embattled parapet. It features 2-light bell openings from the 19th century on each face. The west window is of Perpendicular style, with three lights, and a blocked pointed arched moulded doorway. A 3-light window from the 19th century is situated to the right of the south porch, featuring a gabled slate roof with a crested ridge tile and shaped bargeboards. The south porch has an unmoulded outer stone doorway and a semi-circular arched dressed stone inner doorway with moulded imposts, leading to an old studded plank door.

Inside, the main space has a continuous north arcade of four bays with semi-circular arches and square piers, described as modern from the early 19th century. The nave and chancel have plastered barrel roofs, while the south aisle features a ceiled wagon roof with decorative carved bosses at the intersections. A slate-capped rood stair projection is visible to the right. The chancel has a Perpendicular straight-headed window of three 4-centred arched lights, and a flat 4-centred arched priests’ doorway on the south side. The east end of the chancel and north aisle have 3-light pointed arched windows from the 19th century, with a lead rainwater head dated 1750 and inscribed 'St Peters' positioned between them. The north aisle has four straight-headed windows of 3 lights with intermediate buttresses.

The interior also includes a tall tower arch with a double ogee and hollow moulded surround. An 18th-century communion rail, originally with alternating barley sugar and turned balusters, is present though some balusters are missing. The 19th-century pulpit incorporates a traceried panel from a former screen. There are two windows with stained glass by Drake, one to the south side of the nave and one to the north aisle. The east window dates to 1854. Other features include tiled floors, raised and fielded panelled benches, a font, a painted set of Royal Arms dated 1724, signed by P. Hynam, Warden, a collection of reset stone slabs dating from the late 16th to early 18th centuries, and several wall monuments, including one to John Culme (d. 1791), a tablet to Philip Shapcote (d. 1690), and one to the Froude family, including Revd. John Froude (d. 1852).