[1] The church is on the north side of Red Lion Square which was part of the route of the A1 until the opening of the Stamford bypass in 1960.

Of that date is the exterior blind arcading, an unusual feature in a parish church.

His son, William, Mayor of the Calais Staple, funded and built the steeple.

The late-15th century work is of "considerable inventiveness" in its use of architectural details such as ornamental battlements.

The parish includes St John the Baptist's Church which was declared redundant in 2003.