[1][2] The body of the church is of brick, built in 1717, replacing an earlier timber-framed building destroyed in a fire.

It is thought that Enoch Wood, the churchwarden, instigated the building of the chancel.

[1][2] The churchyard was extended in 1804 and again in 1847; the older part has around it brick walls of the late 18th or early 19th century.

It also contains the grave of Margaret (or Mollie) Leigh (died 1748), who was reputed to be a witch.

It is thought that it was re-orientated by the rector of St John's (who had earlier officiated at the funeral) in order to lay her ghost to rest, after a rumour that she had been seen after her death.