Hordley is a small village about four miles SW of Ellesmere and is centred on the church, a farm and a B and B which stand together on a bend in the lane running S out of Ellesmere. The church is a 12thc building of coursed and dressed red sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings; it consists of a single-aisled structure with a nave and chancel in one, and a S porch and a NE vestry added in the 19thc. The nave has a timber-framed W gable with a pyramid topped bellcote, probably added in the 15thc according to Newman. The building was restored in 1880. The only Romanesque feature is the blocked 12thc N doorway.

The Domesday Survey records that in 1066 the manor of 'Hordelei' was held by Algar and Dunning; in 1086 its lordship passed to Odo of Bernieres. Odo granted the manor to Shrewsbury Abbey within 8 years of the Domesday Survey, confirmed by Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury. The manor was held from the abbey by Einion de Hordeley who died in 1214 leaving 2 daughters by his first wife and a son by his second.

The church was apparently a chapel of Baschurch in the medieval period.

Newman and Pevsner make no mention of the enigmatic label stop heads, although they are noted in the list description.