The present church replaced an earlier small chapel, which measured only 42 by 18 feet (12.8 by 5.5 m), and which was described as "a rude but picturesque little building".

[1] This chapel, probably built during the reign of Henry VIII and considered the property of the Whitaker family of the Holme, becoming ruinous, was demolished in 1788.

[2] It was replaced by the present church, standing on higher ground, at a cost of £870, a contribution to which was made by Dr T. D. Whitaker.

The church, which had seating for 400 people, was consecrated on 29 July 1794 by the Rt Revd William Cleaver, Bishop of Chester.

The west front is in two storeys, with a central entrance surrounded by a Tuscan architrave containing a round-headed doorway.

[6] One pair has a stall with a good poppyhead finial, and the other has two misericords, one of which has foliated carving, and the other depicts a mermaid with a mirror and has fish supporters.

[6] General Sir James Yorke Scarlett (died 1871), known for leading the charge of the Heavy Brigade during the battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, is buried here.

[8] In the Buildings of England series, Clare Hartwell and Nikolaus Pevsner comment that the addition of the chancel and vestry in 1897 was "tactfully done", the bell turret is "handsome", but that the west front is "rather bitty".