Wentnor is a village in SW Shropshire, 4 miles from the Welsh border and 14 miles SW of Shrewsbury. The church stands at the S end of the village centre and consists of a nave with a S porch,and a chancel with a S vestry. A the W end of the nave is a weatherboarded belfry. The church is of rubble with slate roofs and was largely rebuilt by Henry Curzon in 1886, reusing the W wall, the N wall and part of the S wall. Romanesque features here are an inverted head reset as a NW angle quoin, a S doorway, a blocked N doorway and a plain N window. All but the last of these is recorded here.

Wentnor was held by Roger FitzCorbet in 1086 as tenant in chief. Before the Conquest it was held by Eadric. The manor was assessed at 2½ hides. This Roger was the first Baron of Caus, within the Lordship of Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury. Roger FitzCorbel gave the advowson of the church to Shrewsbury Abbey, and it remained with that house until the early 13thc at least.

The two dooways diifer in date; the N belongs to the years around 1100 while the S is late 12thc. The quoin head is prominently placed but its purpose remains mysterious.