Later in that century, it was gifted by the de Penrice family, who had gained lands in Gower during the Norman invasion of Wales, to the Order of Knights Hospitaller at Slebech.

[2] The church is "large by Gower standards",[1] and is constructed in a mix of local Red sandstone and limestone.

John Newman, in his Glamorgan volume of the Buildings of Wales Pevsner, describes these as the church's "most remarkable feature", noting their considerable width and depth.

[4] The porch transept was used for the conduct of parish business in the medieval period, and subsequently as a schoolroom.

[1] In the churchyard stands the grave of Captain Sir Christopher Cole RN KCB, who married into the Talbot family.