Askerswell church is described as "newly built" in the Bishop of Salisbury's Charge of 1858. In fact, it was a major rebuilding of an older building, the 15th century tower being retained. Newman and Pevsner (p. 79) report that the church was built by Talbot Bury (of London) in the Perpendicular style, 1858.

It has a Norman font and a 15th century carved stone relief of the Crucifixion set near the west door into the tower. There is also a memorial, an old stone containing the imprint of a cross that Monica Hutchings says was "found in the mill dam, a little to the west, and believed to have come originally from the abbey at Abbotsbury" [2]. Pitfield (p. 39) elaborates on this:


The Spyway Inn