It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Preston, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.

Its benefice is united with that of The Church of the Ascension, Ribbleton.

[1] The church was built in 1888–91 to a design by R. Knill Freeman.

[2] Additions were made to it in about 1901 by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley,[3] and again by the same architectural practice in 1938–41, with a new chancel, chapel, aisles and vestries.

Its plan includes short aisles, and transepts of two unequal bays.