[3] It was originally a chapel of ease to the mother church of St Laurence, and became a separate parish in 1856.

[6] St George's is constructed in ashlar stone with a slate roof.

The plan consists of a nave and chancel in one cell with a clerestory, north and south aisles, and a west tower.

There are galleries on three sides carried on cast iron pillars, their fronts being decorated with tracery.

[4] At the west end of the north aisle is a baptistry containing a white marble font consisting of an angel carrying a scalloped bowl.

[4] The chandeliers were installed in 1977, having previously been in St Mary's Church, Ulverston.