[1] The Norman Chapel,[2] the lychgate and west wall,[3] the Hearse House,[4] and the sundial in the churchyard[5] are listed at Grade II.

After the Norman conquest of England, the church, probably the second on the site, came into the possession of the powerful baron Hugh Kyvelioc who gave it to the Abbey of St Werburgh in 1170–1173.

[7] The chapel served as a place of worship for the vast Parish of Prestbury until after Magna Carta and the deaths of King John and Pope Innocent III in 1216.

In 1220, the monks, supported by the Davenports of Marton (and later Henbury), the Piggots of Butley and the family de Corona (predecessors of the Leghs of Adlington) started to build what became the chancel and nave of the present church.

As a Roman Catholic church, worship in Latin was conducted at the high altar behind the rood screen.

The newly created Diocese of Chester (1541) administered Prestbury until Sir Richard Cotton purchased the manor and advowson in 1547.

A few years afterwards, in 1580, Thomas Legh of Adlington acquired the manor and advowson and became Lay Rector of Prestbury.

Between 1711 and 1712, a large gallery was built at the western end of the church, with access from external staircases on both sides of the tower.

In a general restoration designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott which took place between 1879 and 1888, the pews were replaced, the three-decker pulpit was dismantled, the gallery and the ceiling were removed and the north aisle was again rebuilt.

The Lychgate was built in 1715 and re-sited to its present position in 1728.The outstanding feature of the churchyard is the Norman Chapel.

In 1747 it was rebuilt by Sir William Meredith of Henbury so that his son Amos and other members of his family could be buried there.

Fragments of a cross of late Saxon origin were discovered in about 1880 built into the wall of the church.

The main body of the church (the nave and chancel) was built during 1220–1230 in the Early English style.

The tower and south porch were built around 1480 and are the only parts of the building to survive in essentially their original form.

A fragment of heraldic glass from an early window in the Legh chapel (1601) is now kept in an illuminated cabinet at the west end of the nave,[12] near a memorial book remembering those who lost their lives in the two World Wars.

The main window in the south of the chancel has a representation of Christ's call of St Peter.

At the east end of the south aisle, the Tytherington Chantry Chapel, dedicated to St Nicholas, was created in 1350.

A small figure of St Nicholas at the top of the east window of the south aisle is 14th century, the oldest piece of glass in the church.

[14] Citations Sources The Village People: life around St. Peter's Church, Prestbury, Cheshire A Granada Television series, spring 2002