The church is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086. The church and manor of Penton Grafton were then held by the Abbey of Grestain, near Honfleur in Normandy. They seem to have been retained by the Abbey until the sequestration of alien houses in the 14thc.
The N transept was added in 1827. The end bay was used as a vestry until the new vestry was erected on the N side of the chancel (between 1863 and 1873). The architect J. H. Hakewill added the S aisle and S porch, and restored the nave, in 1862-63 (Hampshire Chronicle, 19 September 1863, 5). He may also have added the vestry. The chancel was restored in 1879 (Hampshire Advertiser, 15 November 1879, 7). The bell turret was built in 1907 by Cancellor.