Old Church Of St Peter

Red tile roof and tower spire is shingled.

C19 tile floor but roof of old collared common rafter couples.

South doorway is probably Norman, a plain round-headed arch containing a C19 panelled door.

To right the porch covers the lower part of a Norman round-headed lancet.

Buttresses on south side and east end have diagonal buttresses, most enriched with carved armorial bearings, some are replacements of the C14 originals.

Interior: The glory of the church is the splendid C14 roof over the nave.

Moulded tie-beams and arch braces with spandrels carved with open trefoils and quatrefoils.

Similar chancel and tower arches, probably C14 with chamfered double arch ring on moulded imposts.

Plastered walls C19 tile floor, mostly red and black tiles but encaustic tiles included in chancel.

C19 brass altar rail with tubular standards and leafy brackets.

C19 oak drum pulpit on stone base, its sides open with Gothic arcades.

Contemporary brass eagle lectern and C19 plain pine benches.

C19 stone font in Perpendicular style.

Memorials: Oldest is a brass plaque in the north wall in memory of 7-year old Elizabeth Rowe A number of memorials have been reset in the tower

best are those in memory of John Whitaker , Lord Spencer Churchill and Henry Woodgate In nave large Gothic style monument to Lydia Shaw-Woodgate carved with praying angels.