The church was built in 1898 to designs by the architect John Oldrid Scott.

The church was opened on 21 July 1899 by William Boyd Carpenter, Bishop of Ripon.

The church was restored in 1997 and re-opened by David Young, Bishop of Ripon.

In the present day, St Mark's Church is located in the Archdeaconry of Richmond and Craven of the Anglican Diocese of Leeds, and identifies with charismatic and open evangelical traditions of the Church of England.

Some rebuilding work was undertaken in 1980 by John Jackson, and again in 1982 by Peter Wood and Son.