Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is an Anglican parish church located in Haresfield, with its origins dating back to the 12th century. The church features a restored north tympanum in the porch and a small lancet window on the north wall of the west chancel. The 14th-century tower and porches were restored around 1841-1842 by Daniel Niblett. The building is constructed of ashlar stone on a chamfered plinth, topped with a stone slate roof that has coped verges, saddlestones, and finials.

The west tower consists of three stages, built on a moulded plinth with stringcourses and clasped buttresses that rise to the top of the second stage. It features gargoyles along the top stringcourse, an embattled parapet, and an octagonal spire. A square stair tower is located on the north wall, with 2-light stone belfry louvres in the top stage and small rectangular vents in the second stage, along with a clock on the south face. The nave has a large 2-light window on the west side and two-light Decorated windows flanking each gabled porch, which are supported by small diagonal buttresses. The south porch has been blocked off, while the north porch features a geometric patterned Norman tympanum above a medieval oak door with strap hinges. The chancel includes 19th-century Perpendicular windows and a priest's door, as well as an ogee-headed true Perpendicular lancet on the north wall of the east chancel.

Inside, the church has a 5-bay nave with trussed collar-beams and open Gothic arcading above. There is an elaborate screen leading to the tower, which has a 14th-century lierne vault. A lead font, possibly from the 14th century, is present, along with fittings that are mostly from the 19th century. On the north side of the chancel, there is a 14th-century recumbent effigy of a lady in an ogee tomb recess, with an additional effigy of similar date placed in front during the 19th-century restoration. The church also contains several fine stone and marble wall monuments from the 16th and 17th centuries, including memorials to the Rogers and Niblett families.