It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Nantwich, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.

[2] St John's was built in 1837, and paid for by the Delves Broughton family of Doddington Hall.

Its plan consists of a single cell, with no differentiation between nave and chancel, a northeast vestry and a west porch.

At the corners are angle buttresses, which rise to form octagonal pinnacles surmounted by spires.

[2] The authors of the Buildings of England series describe the west front as being "gauche".