A major influence in this rebuilding was James Scarisbricke, a Liverpool merchant who donated £200 towards its cost.

He moved the apse towards the east, adding a transept to the south, and an organ loft and vestry to the north, thereby increasing the size of the chancel.

Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, a south transept forming a chapel, a north organ loft, and a chancel with a round apse.

Above the doorway is a small tower with Ionic pilasters at the corners, between which is a three-light window with a square head containing Gothic tracery, and above that is a clock face.

The cupola is carried on Tuscan columns, and is surmounted by a ball finial and a weather vane.

[2][5] Inside the church the round-arched arcades are carried on Doric columns with high plinths.

They date from the early 18th century, are in stone, and have weathered coping with roll moulding on the top.

The west piers are panelled with recessed quarter-columns on the angles, and have Doric entablatures and urn finials.

[9] St Aidan's is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.

[11] The church holds regular services on Sundays and weekdays, arranges baptisms, weddings and funerals,[12] and runs a number of organisations,[13]