Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is an Anglican church located in North Petherton, with a tower believed to date back to Saxon times, altered in 1635. The rest of the church was completely rebuilt in 1885 for Rev. Thomas Eaton. The structure features coursed and squared rubble with freestone dressings, coped verges, and tile roofs. It includes a nave, chancel, North and South aisles, a North vestry, and a West tower porch.

The tower exhibits Perpendicular architectural features, while the rest of the building is designed in an Early English style. The tower consists of two stages with a parapet and moulded coping, and it has 2 and 3-light ovolo-moulded stone mullioned windows with labels and leaded lights, along with a slit window on the North face of the upper stage. The West entrance features a 4-centred arch door opening in a moulded surround, leading to a plank door. The remaining structure has grouped lancet windows, buttresses, and offsets, with the vestry including a chimney and a rose window.

Inside, there is a benched porch with a flag floor, Jacobean panelling, a moulded inner doorway, and paired plank doors. The interior is plastered, with flag and tile floors, and features a broad chancel arch. Notable interior elements include Jacobean furniture such as an arcaded rood screen with a heavy moulded cornice supported by four caryatids, three of which are said to represent the Three Virtues. Other significant items include a carved reader, a pulpit dated 1637, a carved door to the vestry depicting the parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, a reredos and altar made from re-used panelling, a table, and two carved chairs. A medieval consecration cross is located on the south wall of the south aisle. The church also contains a painting of the interior before restoration by W. Cartright, a 17th-century coffin stool and chest, 19th-century pews, choir stalls, altar rails, and a font. The stained glass, in a simple Early English style, is particularly notable in the chancel. The Jacobean work was executed for Sir Thomas Wroth.