Parish Church of St Peter

The Parish Church of St Peter is a largely 18th and 19th century building, although it may contain elements from the 13th century. The church is constructed of rubble with rough-dressed gritstone quoins, and has a steeply-pitched slate roof with plain gable crosses to the east and south gables. A tall bellcote is located on the west end; it is slightly corbelled out and has an arched bell-opening inscribed 'T 1842 E', topped by a stone pyramidal capping with a sculpted cross. Below the bell-opening is a primitive Crucifixion panel in shallow relief, set within a shallow niche. A triple-light leaded window with cusped arched heads is set into the west end, featuring a shallow returned label with octagonal shaped stops. Three similar two-light windows are present on the north side, and a further window to the south side, to the right of the porch. The porch has broad flanking walls supporting a slated roof with a wide segmental-arched, pegged truss over the opening; it has a slate-flagged floor and plain rubble wall benches. The deeply-recessed inner entrance has a slightly-pointed arch, and is fitted with an 18th and 19th century boarded and studded door.

The south chapel has its east wall set back slightly from the plane of the chancel east wall. It contains a post-Reformation two-light slate mullioned window with a 19th century pegged oak, arched frame. To the left is a two-light 19th century window of the same style. Beyond this, a length of timber is visible in the wall at head height, suggesting a former entrance in that position. A 19th century three-light mullioned window is set into the south gable. The chancel east window is neo-Norman, with a round-arched, roll-moulded opening, flanked by columns and foliated cushion capitals.

The floor throughout the nave and chancel is slate flagged. The roof is an arched-braced collar truss design with twenty clustered trusses. Plain 19th century box pews are banked towards the west end. An 18th century wooden box pulpit features stepped access and bears inscribed initials, LBR. A plain handrail and balusters run alongside it. A reading desk is positioned in front, with three raised panels flanked by octagonal pilasters, bearing the initials JER and the date 1724. An early medieval (possibly 13th century) cylindrical stone font has a retooled round base and a modern pedestal. 18th century turned oak communion rails and re-located sections of 18th century panelling are found within the chancel. A twin-arched entrance leads to the south chapel, with a simple chamfered base and capital to the octagonal dividing pier; it has a roof with two tiers of cusped windbraces. A 19th century stained glass panel depicting Christ is set into the east window of the south chapel.