[1][2] The church dates from the 13th century, and was completed in 1474 with funding from Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy.
The chancel was restored and lengthened by 11 feet (3.4 m) in 1904 by George Frederick Bodley.
The new chancel has no window at the east end, but a large reredos of carved white clunch filled the whole end, which was richly carved with subjects and figures, and effectively lit by two new traceried windows of three lights each in the north and south walls of the sanctuary.
The floor of the nave was laid with wooden blocks, and the aisles with slate and white stone.
The roofs and various parts of the walls were decorated with gold and blue, with monograms of "B" for St Bartholomew.