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Grade II* listed

The church dates from the late 13th C. although a church was mentioned in the Domesday Survey, but no traces of it have been found.
It is built in Greenstone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs.
There is a tower, nave with north and south aisles but no clerestory, south porch, vestry, and chancel.
The western tower is of three stages with battlemented parapet and pinnacles. There are three bells, the largest dated 1627.

The south porch has an Early English doorway, the exterior of the south side having pinnacles, one with a St George and dragon in a niche.

The 14th C. 4 bay nave arcades have octagonal piers with floriated capitals.
The chancel and arch is 14th C. but has been "Victorianised".
The font is also 14th C. with an octagonal bowl with carved faces on the angles.

The west wall of the nave is taken up by an organ on a gallery which blocks the tower arch.
One of the south windows contains 20th century glass.

The church was renovated in 1879 and again in the 1960's and 70's
A vestry was added in 1974 on the north side using materials from the demolished church of Old Woodhall.
The north aisle has a tomb to James Roberts who died in 1826, he sailed in the Endeavour with Captain Cook.
The churchyard has a mediaeval stone cross dating from the 14th century.

(Revised 2024)