Built of red sandstone ashlar, the church has a 12thc. nave and chancel, both without aisles. The timber bell-turret with spire and the W end of the nave are modern. Romanesque sculpture is found in the blocked N doorway of the nave and in the chancel arch.

In 1086, there were two manors at Rochford, one held by Durand of Gloucester and his nephew Walter, the other by Drew Fitz Ponz. The two were subsequently united and held by the lords of Clifford, who gave the manor to Lucy and Hugh de Say (diedc.1190). The parish was transferred from Herefordshire in 1837. Before 1843, Rochford was a chapel of Tenbury.

The Tree of Life also appears on tympana at High Ercall and Linely in Shropshire, and Dymock and Kempley in Gloucestershire (Stratford in Pevsner 1968, 252). Pevsner dates the work toc.1150. Both the N doorway and the chancel arch bear chevron frontal to the face; according to Stratford, this is the earliest example of the motif in Worcestershire. Doorways set in a projecting bay occur in a number of churches in the county (see 'Preface to Worcestershire').