[3] The church was built in 1844–46 on land donated by Wilbraham Egerton of Tatton Park.

By the 1970s the fabric of the church was in very poor condition, including the effects of dry rot.

Attempts were made to convert it into a centre for the use of the community, but these were unsuccessful, and in 1977 it was badly damaged by a fire.

[6] Christ Church is constructed in yellow sandstone with a Welsh slate roof.

[1][2] In the Buildings of England series, it is stated to be Hayley's "most ambitious surviving work".