West Torrington is a hamlet in the East Lindsey district of the county, 5 miles S of Market Rasen and 11 miles NE of Lincoln. The church, in the centre of the hamlet, was closed for worship in 2011 and put on the market but failed to sell. In 2020 it was put up for sale again, and in that year the villagers formed a group to bid for it themselves as a community and heritage hub. It was built in 1860-61 by R. J. Withers who reused 14thc masonry, thought to be from an earlier church on the same site. It consists of a nave with a bellcote and a S porch and a chancel with a N vestry, and is built of rubble with ashlar dressings. The only Romanesque feature is the font.

In 1086, 5 bovates of land in West Torrington were held by Roger de Poitou as sokeland of his vill of Beckering. A further holding belonged to Joscelin, held as sokeland of Alvred of Lincoln's manor of Stixwould. This Joscelin was father of Gilbert of Sempringham. Joscelin sent his son to Paris to study theology, and on his returns presented him with the parishes of Sempringham and West Torrington. In 1130 on the death of his father, Gilbert became Lord of the Manor and shortly afterwards founded the Gilbertine order.

The font is very similar to the one at St Julian, Benniworth which is heavily restored. But the lower halves of the columns and their attic bases on the Benniworth font are authentic and reflect those here at St Mary's. Could they be products of the same workshop?