It is an active church built in 1886 and part of Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford, diocese of Manchester.

[2] Worship in Mosley Common took place in the school which operated as a mission of Ellenbrook Chapel from the early 1800s.

The subscribers included the Earl of Ellesmere, Lord Lilford, Mrs Harrison of Chaddock Hall and Henry Yates.

The Bishop of Manchester consecrated the church in 1895 when the Earl of Ellesmere provided money to establish an endowment.

[4] The church is constructed in Yorkshire freestone in the neo-Gothic style with a chancel, nave and aisles.