In 1896, the nave, porch and bell tower were moved from their original location and a new church was built, which is now Grade II* listed.

However, the Archdeacon of Bristol, Hemming Robeson, reported that it was "quite impossible to repair the church on its present site and at the same time secure its practical utility.

Mr. Charles T. Stevens offered to give a site on Swan Lane, about half a mile to the south-east, closer to the scattered settlements of Leigh village.

This was accomplished by carefully marking each stone and each piece of timber to correspond with drawings which had been made to ensure their correct positions, and transporting them to be rebuilt at the current site.

The porch was built in the late fourteenth century and the original roof, the door with its handmade nails and a niche with a pedestal for a figure can all still be seen.

The walls of the nave are thirteenth century but the massive wooden beams of the roof were unique to a parish church with a gothic character.

The principal trusses of the roof are of collar form with the moulded braces pierced with openings of quatrefoil shape.

Standing beneath this ceiling and looking west down the nave, the text that can be seen on the lower part of the bell tower reads: Colossians Chap III, Vers 16;Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.Moving the church to a more accessible site is commemorated by inscriptions carved on the south wood moulding: Rebuilt here 1896 M.J. Milling Vicar.

John Flux Painter.The present roof was built in 1638 and this is recorded by a carving in the north side wood moulding: W.T.

M.J. Milling discovered the font being used as a cheese press at an inn in Ashton Keynes and was told that it had previously been used as a cattle trough.

[citation needed] The chalice is dated 1596, in the reign of Elizabeth I, and the George I silver paten by Thomas Teasle was made in 1723.

[6] Leigh parish is part of the Upper Thames group, alongside the churches at Ashton Keynes and Latton, and centred on St Sampson's, Cricklade.