Struck by lightning in the 19th century, much of it had to be rebuilt, though parts of the original church remain.

It is now part of a larger benefice, sharing a single vicar with St Michael and All Angels, Ponsanooth.

[2] Mabe was in early times a chapelry to Mylor and within the episcopal fief and peculiar deanery of Penryn.

The old form "Lavabe" suggests that it is derived from "lan" and "Mabe" though old records always show the dedication as being to St Laud.

[3] Only parts of the church, including the tower and porch, survived a February 1866 lightning strike.

The church's interior is made of plastered walls, octagonal piers, and arches.

On one of the spandrels of the inner arch, which is made of Caen stone, is the monogram i h c, while on another can be found an encircled Greek cross.

The unbuttressed west tower is embattled and includes crocket pinnacles over the cornice.

These include: the chest tomb and three headstones to the Rail Family located 8 m (26 ft) southwest of the church,[11] the chest tomb that adjoins the church's north wall, consisting of a slate lid, that is otherwise buried,[12] the cross located approximately 1 m (3.3 ft) southwest of the church's porch,[13] the headstone located approximately 3 m (9.8 ft) east of the church,[14] the 1774 granite headstone dedicated to "MH" located approximately 0.5 m (1.6 ft) south of the church,[15] the stone monolith dating probably to pre-Norman conquest of England and located approximately 10 m (33 ft) south of the church's tower,[16] and the Wills granite headstone slab circa 1840, located approximately 4 m (13 ft) south of the church.