It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Harwich, the archdeaconry of Colchester, and the diocese of Chelmsford.

[2] The oldest fabric in the church is in the south wall of the nave, dating from 1200 or earlier.

[3] In 1853, when the rector was Revd Charles Merivale (later the Dean of Ely), the interior of the chancel was restored by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley.

[3] The church is constructed in flint, septaria and brick, with limestone dressings and a tiled roof.

Brandwood et al. consider that the introduction must have been made by Paley's previous partner in the practice, Edmund Sharpe, who had been an undergraduate at St John's College, Cambridge, at the same time as Merivale, and both men rowed for the college.