The building is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as of outstanding architectural interest.

The 14th-century tower has a restored corbel table with masks and four gargoyles and an octagonal spire.

She was reputed to have found the True Cross while on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in AD 326.

The pre-restoration church was described architecturally by a visitor, Sir Stephen Glynne, on 12 April 1866, when it was in disrepair.

Thoroton has a service at 9 am (Holy Communion or Matins) on the second Sunday of the month.