Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a church built around 1750 by Nathaniel Ireson of Wincanton. It is constructed from local stone rubble with bands and dressings of Doulting stone, topped with a hipped Welsh slate roof. The church has a single-cell plan consisting of five bays, featuring a central north porch and a southeast vestry that was added later.

The exterior includes a plinth and a band course above the windows, which are plain semi-circular headed with rectangular clear leaded panes, including much 18th-century glass. These windows are set on plain cills with jambs, impost blocks, and architraved arches with keystones. The north side's center bay has a gabled porch with an arch that matches the inner door, which may be from the 20th century. The two eastern bays on the south side are occupied by a 19th-century gabled vestry that includes a Venetian window in the south wall. The westernmost bay features an arched doorway that matches the windows.

The east elevation has no windows but includes a simple bell turret with two offsets and a recess in the wall for the outside ringer. The west elevation is also windowless but features a 20th-century memorial with rusticated piers, a proudstanding panel with a cornice above, and the inscription "In Memoriam" along with a coat of arms and "Semper erectus" below.

Inside, the church has a large coving to the moulded plasterwork ceiling. The east wall has a reredos with Ionic columns, a cornice, and a central pediment, along with plasterwork decorations in panels. There is good wall panelling, an altar rail, and a pulpit made of wood panelling that is partly recessed into the south wall, matching the dado panelling in the nave. The pews may date from the 20th century. A memorial in a semi-circular arched recess in the west wall commemorates several members of the Pepper family. The church was built for the Earl of Ilchester, of Redlynch Park, where Nathaniel Ireson served as Master-Builder.