[2] The authors of the Buildings of England series describe it as "unquestionably one of the most spectacular churches of Cheshire".

[3] The church was built between 1858 and 1862 to a design by James K. Colling for the Liverpool banker R. C. Naylor at a cost of £5,000 (equivalent to £590,000 in 2023).

Above the crossing is the base of a dome rising from pendentives surmounted by a lantern with a short spire.

[2][3] Inside the church the arcades are carried on Peterhead granite, with capitals in French Early Gothic style.

[2][3] The stained glass includes windows by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, Clayton and Bell, and Kempe.