It is a medieval building dating back to the late fourteenth century and is situated in the hamlet of Llanwenog on a minor road off the A475 near Drefach, Ceredigion.

It dates to the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, with the fine tower being added some time after 1485.

It bears a plaque with the arms of Rhys ap Thomas, Lord of Dinefwr and Carew.

Some of the work was done by and to the design of Colonel Herbert Davies-Evans of Highmead at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and others by the celebrated Belgian wood-carver, Joseph Reubens of Bruges during the period 1914 to 1919.

"[3] The church is in the United Benefice of Lampeter and Archdeaconry of Cardigan in the Diocese of St Davids.