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A small church serving one of the typical non-nucleated rural parishes in the area.

It consist of a simple nave and chancel of Norman origin with west tower and south porch. Later periods have seen the insertion of larger windows, up to the 17th century, but the 19th century restorations did nothing to change the essential medieval fabric.

The body of the church seems to have been built around 1200, and from this period the finely decorated chancel arch and the south doorway are the most prominent features. The arch into the vestry under the tower has been suggested as Saxon, presupposing an earlier church, but there appear to be no records of this. The tower is tentatively dated to the late 13th century. There is an old millstone in the base and there is a record of a deodand millstone in 1292. The porch is thought to be 14th century work, constructed as a lychgate and latter moved to the church, replacing an earlier porch.

Inside the church, the main features of interest other than the chancel arch are the piscina and sedilia inserted in the chancel south window and the work carried out in 1681. This is recorded in a painted inscription over the pulpit, and includes the rebuilding of the east window and the construction of the nave roof. The finely carved pulpit is 17th century but is probably earlier than the restoration work. The font is early, but has no features to enable it to be dated.

The church is Listed Grade I.