The building is Grade I listed;[1] The church dates from about 1180, with modifications in the medieval period and restoration in the 19th century.

[1][2] The font, at the west end of the south aisle, dating from the 12th century, is plain and round; the cover is made of wood from the Selborne Yew.

In the south aisle is a stained glass three-light window fitted in 1920, a memorial to the naturalist Gilbert White, depicting St Francis and the Birds; the birds shown are all mentioned in White's The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.

[5] A yew tree stands on the left-hand side of the path leading to the south porch.

[5][7] Beneath the tree is the grave, lacking a headstone, of the village trumpeter John Newland.