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

[1] The present church was built in 1878–79, and was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin.

[2] Inside the church a five-bay arcade divides the nave from the north aisle.

[2] Much of the stained glass survived the fire,[1] and it was reinstated by Powells who used Henry Holiday's original drawings.

[7] There is a ring of five bells, all cast in 1914 by John Taylor & Co.[8] The churchyard contains nineteenth century "fever graves" (those of three girls from the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge).