Bodley designed a bell tower for the south-east side, higher than the main roof, but it was not built.

The bays are separated by shallow weathered buttresses that terminate in triangular gablets above the coped parapet which has pierced quatrefoils above the chancel.

The east window between angled buttresses topped by crocketted pinnacles has seven lights decorated with flowing reticulated tracery.

[2] The church has large internal buttresses that are pierced by passage aisles and which support high-level arches.

Both vicar and church were the focal point for the mourning following the Clifton Hall Colliery explosion on 18 June 1885, in which 178 men and boys were killed.

[5] Below the east window is a memorial to 64 victims of the Clifton Hall Colliery disaster who were buried in the churchyard.

In recent years, several church restoration projects have been completed, including re-pointing southeast side and the addition of toilets and kitchen.