[2] Although it served only a small community, the church was built on the orders of Archbishop William Laud.

[3] He was an autocratic clergyman and sought to reduce the influence of Puritans, after which Laudianism is named.

[4] The church was dedicated to St Blaize,[citation needed] and served as a chapelry of Boyton, some 11 miles (18 km) to the south-east in Wiltshire,[5] both Rodden and Boyton being estates of the Giffard family in the 13th century.

[10] Today the parish is part of the benefice of Beckington with Standerwick, Berkley, Lullington, Orchardleigh and Rodden, which was created in 1978, within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.

[11][12] The stone building has a three-bay nave and one-bay chancel with tile roofs.