The only visible bit remaining of the original small Norman church is the south doorway with its scratch sun-dial. It was moved forty or so years after being built to its present position, when the south aisle was added by piercing an arcade through the Norman wall.


The north aisle was built in the 14th century and over the years, many alterations and additions took place including the nave roof being raised, the clerestory built, and the chancel rebuilt.


The church is unusual in not having a stone chancel arch but instead a wooden beam and tympanum, erected at the same time as the 15th century clerestory. Narrow curving steps remain embedded in the left hand side which led to a rood screen. In the chancel are two sedilia and a piscina – their position shows how the floor has been raised.

A fine 18th century brass candelabrum hangs in the nave. There are three floor brasses. One dated 1507 commemorates a priest, John Scoffyld, who was murdered in the church, another dated 1509 for Robert Court (auditor to Prince Arthur) and his wife, and a third dated 1512 for Richard Hampden and his wife.

The tower, rebuilt of brick in 1797 after the original collapsed with its six bells, now houses eight bells and displays the charity boards removed from a small gallery which ran across the church west end.

An organ loft was added in 1903 and its Staniland organ became listed in the Register of Historic Pipe Organs in 2005.

The most recent addition is St Agatha’s Church Room, opened in 2012 and entered through that ancient Norman south door.