Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Coci ya wanzu a Ovingdean a lokacin Littafin Domesday, wanda ya rubuta shi a matsayin ecclesiola ("ƙaramin coci"). An sake gina wannan a farkon karni na 12, kuma mafi yawan kafofin sun yarda cewa babu wata alama ta zamanin Saxon
ginin ya kasance. Chancel na karni na 12 da nave sune tushen tsarin yanzu. An kara hasumiya a ƙarshen yamma a karni na 13, kamar yadda aka yi a gefen kudu (wanda aka kai ta hanyar tagwayen arches da aka yanke daga nave). Wannan aisle ba ya wanzu, kuma makomarta ba ta da tabbas; duk da haka, tsoffin alamun ƙonewa da tubalin da aka canza launin a bangon kudancin na nave sun nuna lalacewar wuta ta hanyar 'yan fashin Faransa guda ɗaya waɗanda suka lalata makwabta Rottingdean ta St Margaret a 1377. (Wata allon dutse da ke cikin cocin ya nuna hakan.)