It is one of the most important early Gothic revival churches in England and is Grade II* listed.

Since 2008 it has been leased to The National Trust and is run as a hotel by an independent company, Historic House Hotels Ltd.[5] Bugle Quarry is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest, which has yielded important fossils from the Jurassic and Cretaceous, including dinosaur teeth.

[6] The venue was owned by Ivor Richings, the landlord of the Bugle Horn and Mr Dutch from Watford.

It consisted of a grandstand with totalisator and refreshment bars and racing was held three times a week.

The track closed in 1942 when it was used to house Italian prisoners of war captured in North Africa.