This large Victorian villa in the French style was built for Herve Henri Andre Josse, a Grimsby businessman, in 1870.

Both architect and builder may have been French, but this is uncertain.

M Josse died in 1893 and the house was sold and re-opened as a sanatorium or health resort.

The church has thirteenth century south doorway and chancel windows but it is a mixture of periods with much rebuilding and restoration.

Ewan Christian restored the nave and clerestory in the 1890s; C H Fowler rebuilt the tower and porch following colapse in 1901-02.

Peter Kirk Collection, 1997