In the quaint village of Brooke, the church of St. Peter is a stunning focal point with its low but powerful 13^th c. W tower of three receding stages. The nave is of the 14^th/15^th c. while the N aisle, chancel and its N chapel were completely rebuilt c. 1579. Restoration in 1879 by Ewan Christian and James Tait. Remaining from the 12^th c. church are the S doorway, the N arcade of the nave, the font and the N aisle door.

Brooke is not mentioned in Domesday Book, but it is believed to have been of the five outliers that belonged to the manor of Oakham in 1086. Sometime before 1153, Hugh de Ferrers, the lord of Oakham, gave the manor of Brooke to Kenilworth Priory (later abbey) in Warwickshire. Around 1180, the Priory of St. Mary at Brooke was founded as a cell of Kenilworth and the manor of Brooke was given to it. During the 13^th c., the church of Brooke was served by a canon from either the Priory of Kenilworth or from the Priory of Brooke. The Priory of Brooke held the manor until 1535. The architectural and sculptural fabric of St. Peter provide evidence for the existence of a church here by at least the mid-12^th c.

In the S doorway, the misalignment between the colonnettes and their imposts and the askew joining of the arch voussoirs at the apex show that this pointed doorway was originally round-headed and has been rebuilt.

The ironwork on the N door in the nave, N aisle is almost exactly like that found at St. Peter, Barrowden (Rutland) and also at St. Mary, Duddington (Northamptonshire).