Littleborough is not mentioned in the Domesday Book, and there is speculation that the church was founded by William the Conqueror, as it stands in what was his manor of Mansfield.

Its plan is simple, consisting of a two-bay nave, a single-bay chancel and a lean-to north vestry.

At the west end of the church is a round-headed doorway, flanked by buttresses.

On the north side of the church is a brick chimney stack and a single round-headed window.

The lectern and reading desk date from the 19th century, and the oak benches from about 1900.