This church had been built with the support of the Squire of Clifton Campville, Henry John Pye, the son in law of the Anglican bishop Samuel Wilberforce.

This early church was soon extended, reusing masonry from the by then ruined Chapel of St James the Greater, and received its current name, adding the former dedication to the new.

Built of stone, in a neo-Gothic style, it has a small timber bell tower, and contains stained glass from the firm of John Hardman and Company.

[2] In 1904 a group of French nuns, the Sisters of St Joseph of Bordeaux, set up a convent in Haunton Hall.

In 1987 the school closed and the hall is now a nursing home, with the nuns moving to a new convent.