Church of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a church with origins in the early 12th century, significantly altered in the 15th, 16th, and 19th centuries. It is constructed of sandstone with Welsh slate and lead roofs. The church comprises a three-bay nave with a western bellcote and a south porch, and a two-bay chancel.

The nave, dating from the 12th century and built of rubble, features a stepped diagonal buttress on its left side. A 19th-century open timber-frame porch sits on a low stone wall, concealing a round-arched south doorway with a single order of imposts. Two two-light windows with 19th-century Y-tracery are also present. The west end has a 15th-century flat-headed window of two trefoiled ogee-headed lights, topped with a hood mould, and a 19th-century two-light belfry. The north side features a 15th-century blocked, continuously-moulded, chamfer-stopped Tudor-arched doorway, a high-level single-light window towards the east end, and a stepped buttress.

The chancel, dating from the 15th century and built of coursed stone, has a stepped plinth and buttresses to the left and centre. Each bay has a 16th-century single-light flat-headed window, rebated and with an iron stanchion and saddle bars. Below the left-hand window is a worn shield with a crudely carved head. A water-spout projects from the eaves of the first bay, and the parapet features deep crenellations. The east end has diagonal buttresses and a 16th-century window of three lights, matching those on the south side. Carved stones flank the window jambs, depicting the crossed keys of St Peter to the left, the Instruments of the Passion to the right, and a worn stone above, each with a dripstone. A worn shield with a crudely carved head is located further to the left of the window. The north side of the chancel has two stepped buttresses and a water-spout in each bay, the one to the east being a gargoyle.

Inside, a 12th-century chancel arch rests on imposts. The chancel interior is of unplastered ashlar stone, rising to a pointed tunnel vault. The windows have chamfered segmental rere arches. Four 15th-century oak tie beams are present in the nave. A fragment of a black-letter painted inscription within a decorative border is on the north wall of the nave, along with a white marble memorial tablet to Rev Thomas Lumley, who died in 1805. On the south wall of the nave is an aedicule monument to Alan Ascough, who died in 1675 at the age of 85, following a 63-year marriage to his wife Ann. A 19th-century font with a hemispherical bowl sits within the monument. High on the west wall is the royal coat of arms of George II. A Benefaction Board is located in a screened vestry, and on the south wall of the chancel are traces of painted lettering and a cast-iron safe door with Gothic tracery. The chancel's fortified design is considered unusual.