Church Of St Peter And St Paul

The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a church dating from the early 14th and 15th centuries, with later 18th-century and 19th-century restoration work. It is constructed of coursed and uncoursed ironstone rubble, with the tower partially faced in sandstone ashlar, and has a lead roof. The church comprises a chancel with a north chapel, an aisled nave, north and south porches, and a west tower.

The chancel, incorporating early 14th-century fabric, features a 4-light east window with a 4-centred arch and panel tracery. There are three similar 3-light windows on the south wall. A priest’s doorway from around 1300 has a chamfered arch, while a 3-light east window to the south aisle, also from around 1300, has intersecting tracery. Two similar 3-light windows are located in the south wall to the east of the porch, and a pair of lancets to the west. A flat-arched Perpendicular window, without tracery, is set into the west wall of the south aisle, with a straight-headed doorway of the same date below. The south porch is of 14th-century origin, with an inner doorway of the same date featuring a hollow-chamfered arch, the jambs rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries, and a double-ribbed plank door. The west tower is of Perpendicular style, with a castellated parapet and gargoyle waterspouts, as well as traceried 2-light bell openings and a 4-light west window with panel tracery. A 14th-century window without tracery is located in the north aisle. An early 14th-century three-light window with reticulated tracery stands to the west of the north porch, alongside two similar windows to the east. An 18th-century north porch features a pedimented gable and an arched doorway with a keyblock. The north chapel's east wall contains a 5-light window with geometrical tracery, which is damaged and partly renewed.

Inside, the chancel has Perpendicular sedilia and a piscina with cinquefoiled arches. An early 14th-century tomb recess in the north wall has an arch with deep hollow mouldings and short jamb shafts with leaf capitals. A double chamfered arch to the west of the north chapel is blocked, with a 19th-century doorway inserted. A panel opening to the east end of the north aisle has also been blocked and replaced with a 19th-century doorway. The church contains three further tomb recesses, noted by Pevsner. The 14th-century nave arcades feature octagonal piers, double chamfered arches, and hoods with large head stops. The clerestory is of Perpendicular style. Altar rails from around 1800 are of Gothic revival design. Monuments in the chancel include one to Sir George Clarke, who died in 1649. A black and white marble architectural wall table with a segmental pediment and black columns, described by Pevsner as "uncommonly noble," is also present, along with a monument to George Clarke (likely late 17th century), an architectural wall tablet in grey and white marble to Susanna Eyton, who died in 1631, and a stone wall tablet with Tuscan columns, an entablature, strapwork cresting, and a long inscription on a wooden panel.