Egloskerry is a village in the E of Cornwall, 5 miles NW of Launceston and N of the A395 that runs from Launceston to Davidstow. The church is on the N side of the main road through the village, and is built of stone rubble with a granite ashlar porch. It consists of a nave with a S aisle and a S porch, a W tower, a N transept and a chancel. Of these the N nave wall and the transept are 12thc., the W tower is 15thc., and the aisle and porch were added in the 17thc. The church was restored in 1894. Romanesque features are the blocked N doorway, the S tympanum reset inside the church, a pillar piscina and a font.

Egloskerry is not mentioned by name in the Domesday Survey, but Penheale, which is now within Egloskerry, was recorded as a manor held by Earl Harold before the Conquest and by King William thereafter. Soon after 1066 it was held by the de Boterells who held it from the king until the reign of Henry IV (see Gilbert).

Sedding compares the font to that at nearby Tremaine, which has the cable rim but on a cup-shaped bowl. The pillar piscina is said to be a rare survival in the county; according to Sedding there are only two others. The List Description, Beacham and Pevsner all give the dedication as St Keria, although more recent sources including the Church of England and the benefice itself prefer the dedication given here.