[citation needed] Its design is similar to that of Holy Trinity Church, Howgill, which dates from the same period.

The foundation stone was laid on 30 June 1837 by Adam Sedgwick, Professor of Geology at Cambridge University.

It has a six-bay nave, a single-bay chancel with a vestry to the north, a south porch, and a bellcote at the west end.

The bellcote has wooden louvres, and a steep pyramidal roof surmounted by a weathervane.

At the gabled west end of the church is a central buttress flanked by lancets, above which is an oculus.