The church of St. Peter, which stands south of the arterial road to Southend, consists of chancel, nave, west tower, and south porch. Frequent rebuilding suggests an unstable site.
The nave was rebuilt in the 15th century, when a west tower was probably added.The chancel was rebuilt in brick in the 16th century, and the south porch, of timber on modern brick walls, is probably of the same date. The present brick tower was built in 1718, partly on earlier footings. More recent restorations include the 19th-century east wall of the chancel.
A gallery, no longer extant, contained in 1923 panelling of c.1600, reset. In the nave three seats with moulded rails are of the early 16th century; one panelled back dates from c. 1600, as do the box-pews. The present pulpit incorporates elements of a 17th-century pulpit.
The church had three bells in 1552, but c. 1725 there was only one, which remains. It was probably cast by William Wodewarde c. 1400. The church plate includes a cup of 1564.
A brass commemorating Anne (d. 1592), wife successively of David Hanmer and John Tyrell, has been removed from its indent in the nave and placed in the chancel. The chancel also contains an alabaster monument of Mary (d. 1658), third wife of Sir Denner Strutt, Bt., reclining shrouded on her left elbow on a marble altar-tomb, and a double marble and alabaster monument to Sir Denner (d. 1661) and his first wife Mary (d. 1641). Mary lies on an altar-tomb, revealed by two cherubs drawing back a canopy; on a lower stage, probably added later, Sir Denner lies in plate-armour. An early-17th century figure of Father Time, formerly in the churchyard, has been set in the blocked north doorway of the nave.
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PLEASE REPLACE THE LOGBOOK IN THE ZIPLOCK BAG AS THIS KEEPS IT DRY !!
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