The original church was small and ancient, made up of a nave, chancel, south aisle and porch, with a wooden turret containing three bells.

[8][9] The majority of the cost of the new church was paid for by the Lord of the Manor, Hastings Nathaniel Middleton of Wollaston House.

Construction was carried out by John Wellspring and St Mary's was consecrated by the Bishop of Salisbury, the Right Rev.

It is made up of a five-bay nave, a two-bay chancel, a three-stage west tower (with an octagonal broach spire of Portland stone), a north vestry and south porch.

On 25 May 1850, Hastings Nathaniel Middleton visited Oxford to inspect the glass, which had been offered to him by the warden of the college for use in the new church at Bradford Peverell.

[17] The north window uses fragments sourced from the old church and containing the coat of arms and motto of Bishop William of Wykeham.

[21] There are also memorial windows to members of the Middleton family, one to Lieutenant Edward Williams, who fell in the Sudan campaign, and one to Vice-Admiral Sir Robert O'Brien FitzRoy.