It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle.

This included heightening the walls of the chancel and the vestry by 2 feet (0.6 m), adding an organ chamber and a vestry to the north of the church, removing render from the exterior, installing new seats, roofs and floors, re-glazing the windows, and finally completing the tower.

[4] St Michael's is constructed in stone rubble with ashlar dressings, the chancel is roughcast, and the roofs are slated.

The tower has angle buttresses, with a west doorway, and two lancet windows and a clock face above it.

It is carved with shields, the initials R. B., and the Hudleston arms, and carries an inscription in black letters.

[6] Also in the churchyard, and listed at Grade II is a monument dated 1780 consisting of a carved headstone.