It was built in the Gothic Revival style by the architect Edmund Kirby and is a Grade II listed building.

[3] In 1776, St Chad's Chapel was opened on Rock Street in Manchester.

The priest would travel from Manchester to Sutton to serve the Catholic congregations in Macclesfield and Stockport.

In 1794, St Mary's Church, Mulberry Street was opened in Manchester and it became the centre from which priests would serve the Catholics in and around the city.

Funds were collected to start a mission in Stockport by the priests at St Mary's Church.

From 1801, the priest of the mission, a Fr James Blundell started to raise money for a permanent church to be built.