[1] The church, designed by Augustus Pugin was built for a sum total of £2,586.

The designs were originally commissioned by Henry Howard of nearby Corby Castle, and included plans for a presbytery and grounds.

[3] The church contains statues of Our Lady of Lourdes and the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as well as a mounted Infant of Prague.

There is also a reliquary containing the relics of Saint Petronia which came to the parish from Cardinal Merry del Val via the Maxwell-Stuart family and the Benedictine nuns of Holme Eden Abbey.

[1] Previously served by the Benedictines of Ampleforth Abbey, the church was sistered with St Ninian's Chapel in Brampton.