Church of St Peter

The church is plastered and painted throughout. The nave has a semi-circular waggon roof of six bays with narrow ribs dividing it into three bays across. The chancel roof is said to be medieval. The nave has a west gallery of 1846 supported on two slim cast iron columns. This carries a large organ of 1886 which entirely obscures the west window. The organ was presented to the Rector, the Rev. Thomas Evans, by his wife and children. The furnishings are all Victorian apart from the Norman font with rope moulded bowl on a Victorian base, and the probably C16 oak chest. Two centred chancel arch with Perpendicular style screen erected in memory of Rev. Richard Byrde (died 1906) in 1907. The nave panelling dates from 1930. The coloured nave windows are 1985 by Celtic Studios. The chancel has a Communion rail of 1846 and an altar and reredos in memory of Susanna Durant Sicklemore who died in 1907. The east window is 1903 by Heaton, Butler and Bayne in memory of the Rev. Thomas Evans, rector 1844-1886 who was responsible for rebuilding the church. The chancel panelling dates from 1922. Memorial on south wall of chancel to Col. Henry Bird (b Detroit 1780) who served under Sir J Moore and the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War.

The church is constructed of local red/grey sandstone with dressings of coarse yellow sandstone and has Welsh slate roofs. It consists of nave, with gallery at the west end, separate chancel, west bellcote, south porch, and vestry attached to the north side of the nave and chancel. Four bay nave with the south porch in the second bay from the west. The first bay has a 2-light flat topped Perpendicular style window with the central mullion rising to the top of the frame, drip moulds over. The porch is partly of c1500 (but see History) with a 2-centred arch and a dripmould with carved head stops. Pointed arch window on the left return, diagonal corner buttresses, coped gable with cross. To the right of the porch is a 3-light window as before, a stepped buttress, a 2-light window and a stepped diagonal corner buttress. The east gable is coped, with a cross. The north wall is four bays divided by stepped buttresses. The easternmost bay is covered by a projecting vestry with pointed lancet windows. This is more Seddon type and could possibly be a c.1860 addition, it was extended in 1981. The other three bays have 2-light windows as before. Some of the nave windows show indications of reused medieval stonework. The west gable has a 3-light Perpendicular style window with cusped heads and hoodmould with carved head stops. This window is supported by a buttress. Diagonal corner buttresses, coped gable topped by a gabled bellcote with two bell openings. The chancel has two bays separated by a stepped buttress and with diagonal corner buttresses, coped gable with cross. The windows are single pointed lights with trefoil heads, again with some indications of reused stonework. 3-light arched window with dripmould, this is the same as the west window but retains more medieval stonework.