Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is an Anglican church with a Norman foundation, significantly enlarged around 1470 on its north side, and restored in 1864 by Henry Woodyer, including the construction of the tower. It is built of coursed and dressed stone with ashlar detailing on the buttresses of the south porch, and has a stone slate roof with coped verges, saddle stones and cross finials. The church comprises a nave, a large south porch, a tower, a chancel, a long north aisle, and a small 19th-century north vestry.

The large tower of 1864 features a broach spire with lucarnes, comprised of three stages with string courses and stepped diagonal buttresses. It has trefoil lancet windows on the second stage, and double, louvred belfry openings with a trefoil-panelled frieze below the cornice. A stair tower is situated in the northwest corner, featuring a narrow pointed arch doorway. A large pointed archway is present on the south side with stepped moulding. The Norman south doorway retains cable moulding, beakheads, and a carved tympanum depicting Christ in Majesty. Rainwater heads dated 1864 are located on the south side, and a 3-light window illuminates the east side of the tower. The chancel has restored twin cusped lancets to both the north and south sides, and a 19th-century triple stepped lancet east window with elaborately carved mouldings above the capitals.

The Langley Chapel, dating to around 1470 and situated on the north side, is characterised by an embattled parapet and stepped buttresses to the corners. It contains three grouped trefoil lancet windows with straight heads, presenting a 7/5/5-light arrangement from east to west.

Inside, the nave roof is constructed of braced collar beams with king posts and struts, with braces carried on hammer posts and corbels, and two tiers of arched side wind bracing. The Langley Chapel has a moulded compartmented beam roof, while the chancel roof features braced collar beams, a ridge beam, and moulded purlins. The Norman chancel arch displays chevron mouldings and pelleting on the hoodmould. A pointed nave arcade consists of four bays with cylindrical columns. The north wall of the Langley Chapel incorporates three small tomb recesses, two of which still display matrices on the wall for brasses. Glass from the Chapel's east window was removed to Cirencester between 1792 and 1800. An arch provides access to the Chapel from the Chancel, showcasing concave mouldings and angel corbels bearing the Langley Arms. The chancel itself is predominantly 19th century. 19th-century decorative stencilling is present in the nave and on the pulpit. A tall Norman font displays herringbone patterns.