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

[2] The ruined remains of the medieval rectory survive next to the present vicarage to the west of the church.

Its plan consists of a west tower, a nave with north and south aisles and a clerestory, and a chancel.

The tower has angle buttresses, three-light bell openings, and a battlemented parapet with corner pinnacles.

In the church is stained glass by Shrigley and Hunt, Ward and Hughes, and F. Burrow, and memorial wall tablets by George Webster.

There is more stained glass in the vestry by Shrigley and Hunt; this depicts Saints Oswald, Patrick and Aidan.