It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.

[3] The oldest parts of the present church are the tower and the north arcade, which date from the late 15th century.

[2] In 1847 the Lancaster architectural practice of Sharpe and Paley rebuilt the chancel,[4][5] and in 1851 added a pulpit and a reading desk.

[7] In 1881 the practice, now Paley and Austin, carried out further alterations, which included widening the north aisle, adding a vestry, a porch, a pulpit, and a font, lowering the floor, removing the gallery, opening the tower arch, replacing windows, reseating the church to accommodate 450 people, and retiling and refitting the chancel.

Its plan consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, a chancel and a west tower.

It depicts archangels, was designed by Carl Almquist, and made by Shrigley and Hunt.

[9] In the churchyard to the south of the church is a square sandstone cross base with two steps.