Marden is a small village about 6 miles SE of Devizes; the church lies to the NW of the village and is built of sarsen rubble with freestone dressings. The building consists of a chancel (enlarged in the 14thc and repaired in 1556), nave, S porch and Perpendicular W tower added in the 15thc. The S doorway and the chancel arch indicate that the body of the church dates from the second half of the 12thc.

The Domesday Book records that Wynsi held the manor in 1066, which passed to Walter of Rivers and Hugh son of Baldric in 1086; it valued £10. Before 1205 the ownership passed to Robert de Bonezboz. William de la Ferté held the manor in 1205, which passed to Ralph Gernon from 1216. The church was first mentioned in 1205, when the king granted it to John de Wells. Marden was held as of the honour of Leicester by Margaret, countess of Winchester. In 1229 the church was granted to the Basset family and became a possession of Bradenstoke Priory (Wiltshire).

The church was restored in 1885 by Charles Edwin Ponting.