The present building is of field flints, with the original rough yellow plaster or mortar coat outside, and with dressings of local firestone and inside a little caen stone.

The living is a discharged rectory which gives rise to chancel repair liability on the holders of Merton College's land.

[4] On 1 April 1965 the parish was abolished,[7] from 1965 to 1969 Farleigh was part of the London Borough of Croydon.

[9] Farleigh lies high and commands views for a long distance including over London.

[4] The administrative centre of the district, Oxted, is below the uplands upon which Farleigh lies, 4 miles (6.4 km) due south.

The highest point of the North Downs, Botley Hill, is a slight, gentle rise south of Chelsham and Warlingham along the straight Croydon Road, which afterwards veers east and descends the ridge to Westerham, Kent.

[8][11] Surrey County Council, headquartered in Kingston, elected every four years, has one representative from the area.