St Peter's Church, Leck

The church is constructed in sandstone rubble with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a nave with a north aisle and a timber south porch, a chancel at a lower level with a vestry on the north side, and a west tower. The tower is in two stages, and is surmounted by a plain parapet and an octagonal slated spire. In the lower stage is a three-light west window containing Perpendicular tracery. The upper stage contains single-light bell openings. Along the south wall of the nave are four-light windows, and the chancel wall contains windows of three lights and one light. The east window has eight lights.[2]

Inside the church a five-bay arcade divides the nave from the north aisle. The timber roof is open. The sandstone font is octagonal.[2] Much of the stained glass survived the fire,[1] and it was reinstated by Powells who used Henry Holiday's original drawings.[5] The original organ was built some time between 1850 and 1881 by Henry Jones. The present two-manual organ was built in 1915 by Harrison & Harrison.[7] There is a ring of five bells, all cast in 1914 by John Taylor & Co.[8]

The churchyard contains nineteenth century "fever graves" (those of three girls from the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge).[1] The former Bishop of Newcastle in Australia Josiah Pearson was Vicar of Leck from 1893 until his death in 1895, and is buried in the churchyard.[9] There is also a war grave of a World War II airman.[10]