[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Bowdon.

[2] The church was built in 1871–72 at the expense of C. G. Dewhurst, the architects being Slater and Carpenter.

In 1932 a Lady Chapel was created in the north aisle to celebrate the jubilee.

The tower has a square base over which is an octagonal belfry surrounded by pinnacles, and a stone spire.

[1] The authors of the Buildings of England series consider that the spire is too thin for such a substantial church and that the pinnacles are "unjustifiable".