Hornblotton lies in a relatively flat, rich agricultural landscape only about 2km NW of the river Brue, with the attenuated Blue Lias ridge just beyond to the S. Pennard Hill, a southerly outlier of the Mendip Hills, is only 4km to the N.
It is a tiny hamlet of scattered dwellings, at present a detached part of West Bradley civil parish. If there is a focus, it is Hornblotton House; indeed, the church, since it is virtually in the grounds on the E side of the House and about 700m from any other dwelling, has all the character of an estate church. The church is only 400m from the Fosse Way, but there is no vehicular access therefrom. Consequently, it is a surprisingly sequestered building, considering the proximity of a busy trunk road and its landscape setting.
It was built in 1872-4 by T. G. Jackson for Rector Geoffrey Thring in an eclectic mixture of materials, and is regarded as a rare unaltered example of Jackson’s church design. It consists of a chancel, nave with a S porch and a bell-turret with a short broach spire over the W gable. The only 12thc feature is the font.
