The first church was built soon after 1086, probably of perishable stone often used on the south side of the Trent and the village being liable to flooding, there is now no trace of this.

The present church was begun about 1369 after the Back Death had emptied 65 of the 125 benefices in Nottinghamshire. A wave of devotion swept through the country and many churches were then enlarged or rebuilt (as here) to accommodate the services and processions which were held. Evidence of this is to be seen in the square headed window tracery, the predominance of the ogee arch (double curve) and the wave moulding characteristic of the closing years of the fourteenth century.

Five building periods are represented:

1, The Chancel. 2. The Nave and South Aisle. 3. The Steeple. 4. The Clerestory. 5. The South Porch.

The Chancel must have been built while the old Nave stood, The East Window has a pointed segment arch and two windows on either side with cusped ogee tracery enclosed with square heads. On the South side is a Priests Doorway on the outside of which, on the buttress, can be found a Mass Dial. There was a Rood Loft, which was destroyed in 1816, and in the Chancel there are Piscina Niches with recesses for the cruets ... something unique in this country. Also in the Chancel is an alabaster tomb with effigies of William and Tabitha Sacheverell, dated 1616, whose estate passed to the Cliftons by purchase after the marriage of a daughter of Robert Sacheverell to George Clifton in about 1715. The building was not done locally but by a masons guild. The stone used probably came from Trowell Moor and the same type of stone can also be seen in the buildings of Wollaton and Wilford churches.

The Nave: - The windows follow on the same lines as the Chancel, the only discordant note being the East window of the South Aisle which has been deprived of its tracery, the result probably of an attempt to cheapen the glazing in decadent days. The Nave was built by the people. The West end wall was intended to be temporary due, possibly, to the shortage of men and money caused by the needs of Henry V for his wars against the French. It became permanent when the Steeple was built about 1420. It is not sufficiently impressive for the length of the church and was probably not according to the original design. A new roof and Clerestory were added in the reign of Henry VII and the South Porch was added in 1693 in the renaissance style of Italian architecture.

The chamber of the Tower with window facing towards the Chancel was made for the use of the Sacristan whose duty it was to ring the bell at the celebration of the Parish Mass, to attend to the lights on the altars and to fasten the doors of the church. The steps are worn hollows by daily use. The clock behind the font is dated 1775 and was probably home-made.