Originally the site of a 13th-century chapel by Cowick Priory, a church here was consecrated in 1412 but was burnt down in 1645 in the English Civil War.

[1] The building's listing describes its transepts as 'impressive examples of pre-Victorian Gothic', and describes the tower as 'an important example of Gothic survival in the post-Reformation period'.

[1] The wooden lectern was brought to the church from Exeter Cathedral circa 1840.

[1] The royal arms at the west end of the church date from 1682.

[1] There is a late medieval-style canopied table tomb to Christina Medley (died 1845) by the London sculptor John Bacon the Younger, who was her father.