The present church was built in about 1230, with the tower being added about 1310. The walls are of local knapped flint, and the church was originally roofed with wooden shingles

In 1936 when two boards with the ten commandments on, were removed from either side of the east window, two wall paintings were discovered, on either side of the high altar, and these have been dated to the 14th century

The entrance to the church is through a porch in the south aisle. The wooden door at the main entrance is almost certainly the 13th century original.

The area around the Pond and Church once constituted Sanderstead Village, until in 1799 the Squire added the village green to his park, a process of enclosure that went on in Sanderstead during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries

Sanderstead Pond is almost certainly fed by rain water and not a spring and was dug hundreds of years ago to serve passers-by and livestock. It must have been passed by many pilgrims on their way to Canterbury having stopped at Croydon Parish Church and travelled via Pilgrims Way, Croham Hurst.