[2] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I-listed building.

[6] The architect Sir John Soane was invited to design the church to accommodate about 1,800 people, and to cost no more than £12,000.

[4][a] The foundation stone was laid on 3 August 1821, and the church was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 8 September 1826.

[1][3][b] The plan of the church is rectangular in five bays, with a canted apse at the east end, and a west porch and tower.

The lowest stage of the tower forms the porch, which is entered through tall narrow pointed arches.

The monuments include one by Sievier dating from 1826 depicting a lady lying on a chaise longue.

[12] During the 1930s there was a twenty-year programme of adornment and refurnishing of the sanctuary and chancel, culminating in the installation of a new choir stall, organ screen and clergy desks in 1937.