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The church consists of a nave and a chancel. The chancel and nave S wall are 12thc. The N and W walls of the nave were rebuilt in the 15thc.
Romanesque features include the font and some fragments inserted into the S doorway.
Listed as Ciltecome in the Domesday Survey. In 1086 it was held by Britcuin, the king's thegn, who also held the manor in TRE. Ciltecome paid geld for 3 hides.
The S porch was added either in the 18thc or when restoration of the church was carried out early in the 20thc.
F. Arnold-Forster, Studies in Church Dedications or England’s Patron Saints, London 1899, III, 85.
Historic England listing 1288566
J. Newman and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Dorset, London 2002, 153.
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments: Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. I: West (1952), 96-97.
Victoria County History: Dorset. III (1968), 111.
