Fenny Drayton is a village in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of SW Leicestershire, 15 miles W of Leicester and 3 miles N of Nuneaton, over the border in Warwickshire. The church is on the northern edge of the village and has an ailsed nave and a S porch with a modern kitchen and lavatory block at the W end of the N aisle. The chancel is 12thc (one round headed lancet in the N wall) and there is a W tower with a spire behind the battlements. The nave arcades are of the same length, but the 16thc N arcade has 2 tall bays while the 14thc S arcade has 3 low bays. The S doorway is 12thc, under a 19thc porch. The church was restored in 1860 by W. Jackson of Leicester. Inside the church are 16thc and 17thc monuments to the Purefoy family.

Construction is of random rubble with freestone dressings, or larger dressed ashlar blocks. Features described below are the S nave doorway and a 12thc font bowl. The font in use is 0f the 19thc.

Fenny Drayton was held by Almaer from Aubrey de Coucy, Earl of Northumberland. It was assessed at 5½ carucates.

In the time of Henry II (1154-89), Picot Archer gave land in Drayton to the nuns of Polesworth. Subsequently in 1270 knights fees were held by Roger Earl of Winton and by Ralph de Lodington and John Heuse.

Chevron similar to that on the S doorway is found at St Mary de Castro, Leicester.