[3][4] The church was founded in 1220 by Maud Bassett (died 1222), who is buried in the chancel.

[5] The church is mainly built of ironstone though the chancel, tower and battlement frieze are made of grey ashlar.

[5] The north wall at the west end of the church has an oil painting showing the lower part of the chancel screens (which now stand at the entrance to the belfry), and the old pulpit.

[4] The belfry's west window commemorates the marriage of Herbert Hanbury Smith-Carington and Elizabeth Prince Stallard.

It shows a Folville knight with Edward II, and was erected in 1876 after an earlier one went missing.