The small ancient church of St. Lawrence, built c.1200, and described by Pevsner as "a perfect 13th century village church, small but of great dignity,"[3] is constructed of thick sandstone walls with a spired wooden bellcote, and has capacity for only about 60 worshippers.

A new bell turret was also added with a taller spire, and a stone pulpit and circular font were installed at this time.

[5] Close to Coppenhall is the tiny hamlet of Butterhill, which possesses a semi-derelict red-brick windmill [6] standing on a small hill.

[8] This windmill "standing on high ground some 150 yards west of Butterhill Farm and locally said to have been the only six-sail mill in the county, was in use by 1820.

Mrs. A. J. Busby was one of the chief landowners in Coppenhall in 1912 and 1916, but between at least 1924 and 1932 Butterhill House was owned and occupied by T. P. Darlington.