St Peter And St Paul

Architect Otho B. Peter of Launceston, roof carvings by John Northcott of Ashwater.

Tower local stone with granite butresses squared and coursed, church local stone squared and coursed, Hatherleigh stone dressings, 2 tone slate roof, decorative ridge tiles, coped verges to south aisle and porch.

Buttressed south aisle windows all 3-light, lit gable ends, 3 on south front with gabled porch end bay left, pointed arch opening with rosettes to reveals, decorative ogee surround with blind niches, wrought iron double gate, ribbed barrel vaulted roof, Norman style round headed opening with zig-zag decoration incorporating Norman colonnette on west side from earlier church, C19 door, east wall has blocked arched recess for holy water stoup, west wall has Norman capital of colonnette with carved panel above depicting the Agnus Dei - thought to be the centre of a typanum

C19 painted and ceiled wagon roof to with angels on corbels, archbraced roofs to nave and aisles.

C19 fittings, encaustic tiles in chancel by Maw & C0., font purchased 1888.

Pulpit in memory of John Aspinall died 1904.

Fine tomb slab to Theophilus Dennis, died 1696, with an unusual Celtic knot design.

Convex slate roundel to Humphrey Saunders, rector, died 1670 in square moulded surround with putti.

Stained glass: west window of north aisle by Bell 1876, the East window and north chancel window by Lavers and Westlake c1882.

The Norman church was rebuilt in the C13 reflecting Holsworthy's affluence as a market centre

the medieval church was restored from a ruinous condition in 1808 when round headed wooden sash windows were inserted.