[2] St Peter's is built of Portland and Ham stone ashlar, with roofs of slate, tile and lead.

[3] The gallery at the west end was removed and the organ loft relocated to the north aisle.

[3] Internal features of note include two 14th-century effigies of recumbent knights in the south chapel, a 14th-century tomb chest in the chancel, the early 17th-century sarcophagus of Sir John and Lady Williams of Winterborne Herringston in the north chapel, and the late 17th-century monument with effigy of Denzil Holles in the north aisle.

[2] From 1774 until 2023, the church contained a memorial plaque for John Gordon, an 18th-century plantation owner who helped to suppress a Jamaican slave rebellion called Tacky's War.

[6] Following criticism of the plaque's wording, the Parochial Church Council voted in 2020 to remove it.