Church Of St Peter And St Paul

The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade I listed building dating from the late 13th century. It is constructed of squared coursed lias with plain tile and slate roofs. The church features a chancel, a double nave, and a west door. The south elevation of the chancel has a two-window range with three-light windows that include intersecting tracery, while the east window is similar. The north elevation has a one-window range with a three-light reticulated window, and there are single-light square-headed windows at low level on each side of the chancel. The gabled roof has ashlar parapets with a corbel table, likely from the 19th century, topped with a finial.

The south elevation of the nave also has a two-window range of three-light windows with reticulated tracery. A gabled porch, probably restored in the 19th century, is situated between the windows and features a double chamfered arch. The west tower, which is built into the end of the naves, has three stages. The west elevation includes an open arcade at ground level with a double chamfered arch supported by squared buttressing. The west door features a triple chamfered pointed arch with double shafting, and there is a single lancet window in the second stage of the west elevation. The third stage has two-light Decorated bell chamber openings with reticulated tracery and a castellated parapet.

Inside, there is a double chamfered chancel arch and a three-bay central arcade that separates the two naves, consisting of double chamfered arches supported on two tall circular piers with circular abaci. The east arch springs from the wall directly above the center of the double chamfered tower arch, with half of the tower projecting into the naves. The roof is likely from the 19th century. The east window contains stained glass, and there is a piscina to the right of the altar with dog tooth decoration, as well as another piscina in the south nave wall. A holy water stoup in a niche by the south door has a square top with herringbone decoration on a round base. The north nave wall features two niches, one with a square head and the other with an arched head. There are remnants of 19th-century wall painting in the chancel, a Perpendicular vestry screen at the rear of the south nave, and a similar pulpit. A studded plank door, likely from the 17th century, is also present. The church was under the patronage of the Gilbertine Order.