Maulden Church Architecture

The church is built from coursed ironstone with ashlar dressings. There are some slate roofs and some of clay tile with bands of fishscale tiles.

The first recorded Rector of Maulden was Gerard de Ely who was mentioned in 1269.  However, a font from the 12th century survives to indicate that there was an earlier church. There are some surviving portions of the medieval fabric including the west tower and part of the wall at the north west end of the north aisle.  There are two late 16th century brasses to members of the Faldo family.

To the north of the church there is a mausoleum which was first built in about 1656 but was then rebuilt in 1858-9; it contains memorials to the Bruce family of Houghton House. The plain 12th century font from the original church is here.  There is also a large monument to Diana, Countess of Elgin which was erected in 1656.  It took the form of an architectural marble sarcophagus with a carved cartouche to the front and surmounting a half figure of Lady Elgin dressed in a shroud and pointing to heaven which has since been removed. Horace Walpole described it as "the most ridiculous that was ever imagined."