There was no church mentioned at Thurning at the time of the Domesday Survey in 1086. However, by the middle of the 12th Century there was a church here, which consisted of a chancel and an aisleless nave. A north aisle was added in or around 1190, and the nave was lengthened in 1300. The bell tower and spire were added in the 15th century.
Much restoration was undertaken here in Voctorian times. In 1880–81 a great part of the structure was taken down and rebuilt as nearly as possible in accordance with the previous design, only the chancel, nave arcades, south aisle wall, and the porch being left standing; the chancel was restored in 1902. Externally therefore the whole of the north and west sides of the building, as well as the tower and clearstory, is modern, but it appears to have replaced work of the 15th century.
There are two bells hanging in the bell tower in the curiously slender tower.
