Description from record TQ 87 NW 3:
[TQ 8233 7596] St. Peter & St. Paul's Church [T.U.] (1) St. Peter's Church, Stoke, is mainly late Norman and early Decorated. It has two aisles and a low unfinished tower. Much restored in 1898. (2) In normal use. (3) Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul. Grade I. C12, C14, C15 early C16 restored C19. (For full description see list) (4) Additional bibliography. (5)

In 2009 a watching brief on test pits dug to investigate movement in the south aisle structure recorded the foundations to this part of the church and the presence of a large brick-built burial vault within the building, probably dating to the 17th-18th century. (7)

The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul is mentioned in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment for Stoke Parish, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report states that the church is grade 1 listed, and mainly dates from the late 12th and early 13th centuries. It was always towerless, and suffered bomb damage in 1944. In 2009, the church was in need of further repairs. (8)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
STOKE CP TQ 87 NW 3/81 21.11.66 Church of St Peter and St Paul - I
Parish church. C12, C14, C15, early C16, restored C19. Ragstone and flint with plain tiled roofs. West tower, nave with north and south aisles, south porch, chancel. West tower of early C16, two stages, with diagonal buttresses with square-headed window over west doorway. Nave, circa 1190, with narrow aisles. Chancel with single north and south lancets and triple lancets in east window. Interior: C14 tower arch. 3-bay C12 arcades, south with round piers and scallopped capitals, north similar but octagonal. Crownpost roof to nave, C19 chancel arch. Fittings: Font C13.
Listing NGR: TQ8298474760 (9)

1973, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11234.

<1> O.S. 6" 1909. (OS Card Reference). SKE47818.

<2> "Little Guide: Kent", 1935, p. 279. (J. C. Cox) (OS Card Reference). SKE32668.

<3> F1 ASP 09-APR-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42010.

<4> DOE (HHR) City of Rochester Upon Medway 1986 31 (OS Card Reference). SKE40171.

<5> Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 546-47 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38092.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 87 NW 3 - April, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4638.

<7> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2010, Archaeological watching brief at St Peter and St Paul's Church, The Street, Upper Stoke, (Isle of Grain), Kent (Unpublished document). SKE16310.

<8> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Stoke Parish. Research Report 12-2014 (Bibliographic reference). SKE31597.

<9> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.