[1] Designed in an Italian Romanesque style by the architect John Pollard Seddon for the Revd William Poole, vicar of Hentland with Hoarwithy,[1] it is a Grade I listed building.

"[1] Work has continued into the twenty-first century with the addition of the "Dubricius" polyptych[4] by the artist Edward Kelly,[1] and the restoration of the organ.

[5] The church has an "imposing campanile" of four storeys, with the ground floor surrounded by an open arcade.

[2] Historic England describes the design of the church as "eclectic Rundbogenstil [with] Byzantine, French, Venetian, Lombardic, Tuscan and Sicilian Romanesque influences.

"[2] Simon Jenkins considers the church; "a complete work of revivalist art, rare for its date, an astonishing creation.