Built of rubble masonry, plastered within and without. Nave and chancel probably 12thc., but greatly restored in 1884-85, when a bell-cote was added at the W end. Romanesque sculpture is found on three carved fragments inset into the wall above the plain S doorway, and on the font.

At the end of the 12thc. the manor of Pinvin apparently formed part of the manor of Pershore held by Westminster Abbey. St Nicholas's was one of the ancient chapelries of St Andrew's, Pershore, and never achieved parochial independence throughout the medieval period. Unusually for a chapel, it did acquire rights of baptism, as indicated by the presence of the 12thc. font (cf Bricklehampton).

The rounded section of the S doorway jambs is compared to a similar feature at Worcester Cathedral by Pevsner.