The church consists of a 12thc. nave and chancel and a 15thc. W tower with a Victorian timber top incorporating a pyramidal tiled roof. Surviving 12thc. features include two plain, round-headed lancets in the chancel (N and S walls) and one in the nave (N wall) as well as traces of what was originally a group of three round-headed windows in the E wall of the chancel. Only the outer jambs of this group is still discernable owing to the insertion of a larger, later window. There are also blocked doorways in the N and S walls of the nave. The jambs and arch of the original S doorway now form the W doorway to the tower. The font is also of the 12thc.

The church was built during King Stephen's reign by Ranulf de Gernon and Thurstan Banaster as a refuge for the poor. Restored to St. Michael's church, Coventry by Ranulf de Gernon. The chapel was appropriated in 1259.

This form of font arcading is also seen at Walsgrave-on-Sowe (qv).