The rural parish of Morestead is located SE of Winchester. A single-storey building was erected against the W end of the church in 1833. The unaisled nave has a W bell cote and a neo-Norman S porch. The chancel was built in a neo-Norman style in 1873.

The Romanesque N and S doorways are plain, and the only original sculpture inside the church is the late 12thc Purbeck marble font.

Morestead was probably one of nine churches mentioned under Chilcomb in 1086. It belonged to the bishop and cathedral of Winchester.

The single-storey cottage-like structure abutting the W end of the church was built for the rector, who was not resident in the parish, in 1833; it was in use as a schoolroom by 1873. The church was restored, and a new chancel built, in 1873 (Hampshire Advertiser, 5 November 1873, 3). The architect was John Colson of Winchester and the style neo-Norman. At the same time, a W gallery was removed and the church was reseated.

The doorways and font of Morestead have elicited relatively little comment.

The S doorway has been heavily repaired, seemingly in Bath stone, probably in 1873. It may have had impost blocks like the N doorway. The chamfered edge could have been cut at any date, but on aesthetic grounds it probably dates from the 13thc.

The font belongs to a large group, made of Purbeck marble and carved with shallow arcading, produced in the late 12thc and early 13thc. It may be dated to the late 12thc. The supports, however, appear to have been renewed in 1873.