[4] J. Mordaunt Crook describes it as "outspoken to the point of bluntness",[2] and Nairn comments that it is "honest, but not very good".

[3] The church is bounded on three sides by land owned by the National Trust: a farm, common meadow and dense woodland.

The exterior of the church is in local Reigate Stone and the interior is brick with timbered beams and an acorn-shaped strip wood ceiling.

This area's nearest town is Horley and has a high proportion of farms and cottages on radiating rural roads making it somewhat dispersed.

The current parish was formed on 19 August 1870 from parts of five medieval parishes; Burstow, Blechingley, Horley, Horne, and Nutfield, surrounding villages, a close cluster being Burstow (its most populous part being the mainly late 20th century village Smallfield) and Horne.