Daylesford lies just inside the county boundary, south of the A436 towards Stow-on-the-Wold. It was part of Worcestershire until 1931, when it was redesignated as a Gloucestershire settlement. The church stands at the edge of the village as part of the Daylesford estate. It has a chancel, transepts, a nave and a small vestry, all in the Gothic Revival style. In the vestry, backing on to the N wall of the chancel, is a Romanesque arch; Romanesque work also survives in the nave S door.

In 718 King Aethelbald of Mercia granted six hides at Daylesford to establish a monastery. By 820 a church here was under the patronage of the bishops of Worcester, and the hundred of Daylesford annexed to Worcestershire (becoming part of Gloucestershire in 1931). Daylesford was assessed at three hides for Domesday book. From the 12thc the estate was held by the Hastings family, who sold it in 1715, to be bought back by Warren Hastings in 1793. He rebuilt the 12thc church apparently on the same lines as its two-cell predecessor, but that building was pulled down to make way for the present church. This was rebuilt 1859-63 by J. L. Pearson, for the owner of the estate, Harman Grisewood, who also replaced the estate houses in the village.

The arch in the vestry evidently contains much 19thc work, and may have been generally reworked. The left hand base is inaccessible. The original function and location of the arch are difficult to envisage.