[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich.

[3] St Michael's is constructed in red and blue brick, with stone dressings, and is decorated with bands of encaustic tiles.

The church stands on a sandstone plinth, and the walls are decorated with diaper work and blue brick bands.

At the west end is a rose window flanked by round panels depicting the Holy Family and angels.

[3] The churchyard contains the war graves of a soldier and a sailor of World War II[4] as well as the graves of the 3rd Lord Crewe's niece Amicia Henrietta Fitzgerald, daughter of Richard Monckton Milnes and Annabel Crewe, and her husband Sir Gerald Fitzgerald.