Denchworth is a village in the Vale of the White Horse, 3 miles N of Wantage. The church is in the village centre alongside a moated site. It consists of a nave with 13thc. N aisle, chancel, S transept and NW tower all apparently post-12thc. Late 12thc. sculpture is found on the simple S nave doorway.

In 1086 the church was recorded on a fief held by Henry de Ferrers and tenanted by Rayner. It subsequently became part of the Duchy of Lancaster.

There is little to say about this simple doorway. Pevsner (1966) and Tyack and Pevsner (2010) date it to the late-12thc, VCH prefers 12thc but much restored, while Keyser (1913-14, 98) simply calls it Norman. I see no reason to date it late; the only ornament is billet, which was around from the 1st quarter of the century onwards, the arch is round, and the angle roll is very heavy, all of wich points to a date before 1150.