At the restoration in 1928 the foundations of the original Norman church were uncovered but nothing of this remains above ground.

The frescoes date from about 1470, and depict St Christopher: they were discovered in 1894 beneath the whitewash.

Such paintings were once common in churches; the Poughill accounts record the washing-out of the figures in 1550 at the time of the Reformation in the reign of King Edward VI.

According to the legend, St Christopher was a heathen giant who, on turning Christian, was instructed by a holy hermit to carry travellers over a dangerous ford, and who, one stormy night carried the child Jesus on his shoulder.

Percy Ashford was Vicar of Poughill before he became Chaplain General of Prisons.