It is not certain whether the church is Saxon or Norman in origin but the Cistercian Abbey of Beaulieu was responsible for most of the building work, as well as the ancient buildings that comprise older Shilton. The Church of the Holy Rood did not escape the ‘restoration’ efforts of the Victorians by, among others George Edmund Street: their alterations are self-evident .

Grade II* listed.
C12 origins. Building materials consist of rubble with Cotswold stone roofs.
Features include a three bay C12 nave with south aisle and C13 chancel. There is also a wide C12 north porch and a Tudor-arch west door.
Windows date from C13 and include examples of a three cusped light window in the chancel, with various examples of C12 windows on the south side.

Interior:
Cylindrical piers with plain arcades. There are surviving examples of decorative painting throughout. The font is C15 and of stone.