The first stone of the new church was laid on 8 June 1843. and it was designed by Henry Isaac Stevens of Derby.

It consists of a nave, aisles, chancel, west tower, south porch and vestry.

The external stone for the walls is limestone from land owned by Henry FitzHerbert, 3rd Baronet of Tissington, and other stone from the quarries at Stanton near Ashbourne was used for the windows, doors, buttresses, and moulded and ornamental portions.

The £9,000 (equivalent to £1,124,700 in 2023)[4] cost of rebuilding plus the attached school-rooms was funded by Francis Wright of Lenton, Nottingham, and the church was consecrated by the Bishop of Lichfield, Rt.

[5] The churchyard contains a Grade II listed[6] war memorial of 1921 by Walter Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers.