The Chancel of four bays was built during the early part of the 13^th century. Masonry of this date can be seen in the north-east walls and in the spandrels above the arcades. The piers of the arcades are circular, with moulded capitals and water holding bases. The abaci are undercut and have an unusual subsidiary roll moulding which is said to be of Irish design. The pointed arches have heavy filleted rolls and their inner faces are hood moulds ending in head stops. The original chancel had no Clerestory. It was a single-gabled roof of steep pitch.

1578 saw further alterations to the chancel during which time the priest's door bearing the name John Riddings was re-modelled. When the Second Lord Hatherton died in 1881 the chancel was completely restored by his family, as a thanks offering and memorial to his life. The work carried out included removing all the plaster from the walls and re-pointing of the stone beneath. The memorials were cleaned and the wooden block floor added.

The Chancel Screen

The wrought iron gates which form the chancel screen are dated 1778 and are Dutch in origin. They were made for a homestead in South Africa. The Hon. William Littleton purchased them from a Dutch settler and gave them to the church in the late 19th century. Some historians tell us that the gates were a gift from the Governor of the Cape Colony, Sir Henry Bartle Frere.
The Hon. William Littleton was the Governor's Private Secretary from 1877 to 1880. The Gates bear the name of the house: "REST EN VREUGD" meaning "Peace and Joy". The gates had to be altered to fit into the Chancel entrance. The work was carried out by the local blacksmiths, John and Allan Cheadle. They also made two smaller gates in the North and South aisle entrances, to match the screen.

William Littleton returned to England in 1884 a sick man. Before he died, in 1889, at the age of 42 years, he was responsible for the restoration of Pillaton Hall. The restoration of the Chapel at Pillaton was put in hand by the Littleton Family, as a memorial to him.

The Sanctuary

The large tracery window above the High Altar was added in the 14th century with arcaded reredos. In the 1888 re-ordering alas the reredos was removed. However the glorious window remains. The Italian marble floor was also placed in the sanctuary during this re-ordering. The family vault under the high altar is quite large but only contains six members of the family, namely The Marchioness of Wellesley, the mother of the first Lady Hatherton, the Lord and Lady Hatherton and their daughter and the second Lord and Lady Hatherton. The vault was last used in 1887 when the Second Baroness Hatherton died. The altar is of grand proportions and has a beautiful set of Altar Frontals and linen.

The Porch

The south porch is unusual being of two storeys and certainly the lower section dates from the 14th century as is the clerestory, added to the perpendicular style. The room above the porch, the 'Bowman‘s Chamber' was added in the 16th Century and was used for storage of church plate, vestments and registers and as a school for the training of young men in "Christian Living"