Chilcomb is a small village in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, 3 miles E of Winchester. The church is 500 m. S of the village centre and is a small, simple, but well-preserved Romanesque two-cell church with a S porch and a W bell turret. It is constructed of fieldstone, the 12thc work of Binstead stone. The windows have been extensively modified in the 13thc and post-reformation period (the E window is of a domestic type and many of the heads of the windows are squared off), the Romanesque S nave window would appear to be a 19thc restoration. However the details of the original N and S doorways and chancel arch can be seen, as well as a pillar piscina preserved in the chancel.

The entry for Chilcomb in the Domesday Book covers a large area incorporating seven smaller manors, mentioning 9 churches. It was held by the Bishop of Winchester for the support of the monks of St Swithun in 1066 and 1086, and was assessed at 1 hide, surely a nominal assessment as there was land for 68 ploughs and 145 households. It remained in the possession of the monks until the DissolutionChilcomb itself had its parish church of St Andrew, and a dependent chapel, St Catherine, suppressed at the Reformation. At the time of the Taxatio in 1291 the rectory was worth £6 13s 4d.

Bullen (2010) states that the 'strange double arch of the N doorway requires explanation', but does not offer one. The likeliest, that the original doorway was too narrow, is not considered. The chevron on the chancel arch imposts is unusual. The pillar piscina appears to be later stylistically than the doorways or the chancel arch; perhaps c.1170 as opposed to c.1120-40.