[4] The church has a long tradition of following an Anglo-Catholic style of worship, extending at least as far back as the 1920s.

[5][6][1] The church was built by the architect Thomas Henry Wyatt of London.

[7] The first vicar of St Mary's was John Griffiths, who presided at the church between 1848 and 1875.

[9] The tower originally had a pyramidal cap, but this was destroyed by a violent storm on 27 October 1913[10] and has never been replaced.

[9] The churchyard contains the grave of Gordon Lenox, who was a benefactor of the church, and a member of the family who were owners of the local chainworks Brown Lenox & Co Ltd.[1] The church is located near the A470 main road.