It is in the Calder Deanery of the Anglican diocese of Carlisle and is part of the benefice of Black Combe, Drigg, Eskdale, Irton, Muncaster and Waberthwaite.

[1] It stands in a commanding position on the low ridge between Wasdale and Eskdale, and the noted 9th century Anglo-Saxon cross testifies to a long history of it being a Christian site.

Further extensions and renovations were carried out in 1887 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, including the building of the present double-hammer-beam roof.

The stone font has 4 marble shafts supporting circular bowl with evangelist symbols carved on panels at cardinal points.

There are two notable Pre-Raphaelite stained glass windows, each of two lights, made by Morris & Co, and installed at the time of church improvements for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.

He commanded HMS Carcass on the 1773 Phipps expedition towards the North Pole, with a young Horatio Nelson on board.

The bells are rung from the ground floor, and there is a fine wrought iron scroll work screen separating the ringing chamber from the nave.