[2] The church's origins are in Peel Chapel[3] built in 1760 by the Yates family and consecrated as a chapelry in the Parish of Deane.

[4] The old chapel was demolished and the foundation stone for a new church immediately to the south was laid by Lord Kenyon in August 1874.

[5] The church, designed by J. Medland and Henry Taylor, was built between 1874 and 1876, consecrated in December 1876 and its tower added in 1897.

[5] The church has a reredos made from alabaster thought to be from the Blue John mines in Derbyshire,[5] timber pews and a baluster font from the old chapel.

[1] A window imported from the old Peel Chapel, which was made of porcelain, painted and then baked, is located over the font.