Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a church dating from the late 13th century, with significant alterations in the 14th and 17th centuries. It is constructed of squared coursed lias and ashlar limestone, with a lead and tiled roof. The church comprises an aisled nave, a chancel, a south transept, and a west tower.

The chancel's south elevation features three tall windows with reticulated tracery; the central window has three lights, the others two. A low, four-light side window with reticulated tracery is located to the left, and an ogee-headed doorway sits below the central window. The east window is of five lights with reticulated tracery. The north elevation has two two-light windows with reticulated tracery, separated by three-stage ashlar buttresses. The chancel has a shallow gabled roof with a castellated ashlar parapet, dated 1633 on the north side. The south transept features a three-light south window and a two-light east window, both with Y-tracery. The south aisle has a two-light window with cusped Y-tracery, matching the west window, and a lean-to roof with an ashlar parapet. A south porch, to the right of the window, has a shallow gabled roof and a 14th-century double-chamfered pointed arch, flanked by double blank arcades with corbels. The north aisle has three windows with Y-tracery and cusping, one of three lights to the left and two of two lights; a similar west window is present. It also has a lean-to roof with ashlar gable parapets and a cornice, along with a north porch between the windows. The nave clerestory has a three-window range of square openings with quatrefoils, topped by a steep gabled roof with ashlar gable parapets and a finial.

The west tower is late 13th century, with three stages, ashlar angle buttresses to the first and second stages, and ashlar corner pilasters to the third. It has a two-light west window with Y-tracery and cusping in the first stage, and two-light bell chamber openings to each face of the third stage with quatrefoil circles. An ashlar broach spire with two tiers of lucarnes crowns the tower.

Inside, the chancel arch is double-chamfered without shafts, and the tower arch is similarly triple-chamfered. The 3-bay nave arcade has 14th-century double-chamfered pointed arches on quatrefoil piers. The south transept, known as the Langham Chapel, is likely 17th century. The roofs are probably 19th century. Monuments include a tablet on the south wall of the chancel, dedicated to Montague Lane who died in 1670, with flanking pillars, a cornice, and heraldic devices. A mid-19th century tablet commemorates the Shelden family in the north aisle. Two 18th-century tablets to the Sheldon family are on the nave floor, and an incised tablet with a Latin inscription is on the chancel floor. Ancient roof bosses are displayed on the chancel walls. The font has a 19th-century base, likely with an earlier bowl.