A mission room and school was designed by Mr. Skedward of Sheffield and opened on 17 August 1875[4] by Captain Augustus Arkwright, M.P.

The mission room was quickly found to be inadequate, so funds were raised for the construction of a new church.

[5] and the church was built to the designs of the architect, Thomas Henry Healey of Bradford.

George Ridding on 17 September 1884[7] The original plan was to construct a much larger church, but only the chancel and part of the nave were completed.

The church is in a joint parish with The pipe organ was built by Forster and Andrews and opened on 15 December 1886 by Thomas Barker Mellor of All Saints' Church, Bakewell.