Miserden lies about five miles north-east of Stroud. The church, which stands on a steep hillside overlooking the River Frome, is mostly built of rubble with freestone dressings and stone tiled roofs. It consists of a chancel with N vestry and S chapel, nave with N and S chapels and 14thc S porch, and 15thc W tower. The nave is 11thc and retains the outlines of the original round-headed north and south doorways. The chancel is 12thc and contains a Romanesque window in the north wall. There is a reset 12thc window in the E wall of the S chapel and a blocked window in the S wall of the tower. The font is also Romanesque.

Domesday records that in 1066 Greenhampstead, as Miserden was then known, was held by Ernesige. In 1086 it was in the possession of Hasculf Musard. The Musard family retained the manor until the early 14thc. Miserden derives from la Musarder, taken from this family’s name.

The N and S doorways are described by Taylor and Taylor and, most recently, by Bryant.