The parish church of St Peter in Dunchurch is thought to have early Norman origins though little if anything of that original church remains after a rebuilding in the 13th and 14th centuries. The tower was an addition in the 15th. The church was restored and modified in the Victorian era as with so many medieval churches.
The church is in the Decorated and Perpendicular style of English Gothic architecture. The Decorated style was the middle stage of English Gothic and is so named because of the greater amount of ornaments and decorations. The Perpendicular style was the final stage of English Gothic architecture and is characterised by large windows (although maybe not so much in a smaller parish church compared to a cathedral) and straight vertical and horizontal lines.
The church has an aisled nave and a chancel, the latter gained a north aisle in the 19th century. The church is mostly built from sandstone ashlar.
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