The medieval church was demolished except for the tower in 1823. There are no surviving images of the church of Broughton, but it seems to have been plain, late Gothic like the surviving tower, with through arcades and no chancel arch, typical of the area. Some fragments of this church are in the chancel S wall. The body of the church was replaced by a commissioners-type single-roofed, ashlar-faced box with lancets. A chancel was added 1905-6 by Austin and Paley.

In 1066 Broughton was assessed under Earl Tostig's lordship of Preston or Amounderness. The church - aside from some chaplains of Broughton being mentioned in late medieval deeds - is only documented after the Reformation.

The font is called by the Buildings of England "of unknown date" and is often speculated to be Saxon due to its plainness. However its roll at the base and proportions - like that of a capital and necking - are typical of the architectural impetus of the mature Romanesque. It is most likely to be of the 12thc.