Church Of St Peter And St Paul

The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a parish church located on Medmenham Ferry Lane. The nave dates from the mid-12th century and features late 15th-century windows. The west tower was built in the early 15th century, while the chancel was constructed around 1480. The church has undergone significant restoration in the 19th century, and the north transept was rebuilt with a new vestry added in 1925. The building is made of flint and chalk block, with the tower being roughcast, and it has tiled roofs.

The west tower consists of three stages and is topped with a battlemented parapet. It has diagonal buttresses and a stair projection with slit windows at the southeast corner. The belfry features two-light traceried openings, and below are small cusped lancets. Above the moulded doorway is a three-light traceried window in the Perpendicular style. The nave has restored late 15th-century two-light windows with ogee tracery, flat heads, and Tudor hoodmoulds, with three on the south side and two on the north. The north side of the nave also has a semi-circular chalk arch that has been blocked with brick, and the lower walls have been partly rebuilt in brick. The south door features a slightly chamfered semi-circular arch with later moulded imposts and a gabled timber porch from the 19th to 20th century.

Inside, the chancel has restored traceried windows with arched heads, including two-light windows on the north and south sides and a three-light Perpendicular window on the east. There is also a restored south door. The interior features a tall tower arch with two orders, displaying waved and hollow chamfering, and the inner order rests on semi-octagonal piers with moulded caps. A chamfered two-centred niche, formerly a stoup, can be found here. The nave roof has slight plain king posts, possibly from the late 15th century, and there is a double chamfered arch leading to the north transept. A 19th-century hammerbeam screen separates the chancel, and there are restored piscinae in both the chancel and the south wall of the nave. The church also contains early 19th-century marble wall tablets and 19th-century fittings, with chancel glass designed by Willement.