Funding for the church was donated by members of the local Harrison family, and it was designed by the Liverpool architect J. F. Doyle.

[2] St Nicholas Church is built in Storeton sandstone and is roofed with Yorkshire stone flags.

The tower has louvred bell openings, a battlemented parapet, and an octagonal stair turret on the northwest corner.

[1] Inside the church, the arcades have quatrefoil piers, pointed arches, and capitals with carvings that include the Four Evangelists, a ship, an anchor, seaweed, and the emblems of Saint Nicholas.

The wooden font stands on two steps and has an octagonal bowl on a quatrefoil shaft; its panels are carved with symbols relating to baptism.

In the north transept is the Harrison Window, which depicts Christ preaching from a ship and the draught of fishes.

On the north side is a war memorial window showing a fallen soldier wearing a kilt, with Reims Cathedral in the background.

[11] In December 2022 the church offered support sessions to anyone directly affected in the aftermath of the Wallasey pub shooting being only five minutes walk from the location of the incident, and on 25 January 2023 it was the venue of the funeral of the only fatal casualty of the shooting Elle Edwards.