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

On the west face of the tower is a door above which is a window and above that a clock in a diamond-shaped wooden frame.

On the top of the tower is a brick parapet with a stone coping and vase finials on the corners, and a weather vane on a high-standing metal support.

[1] Above the north porch is a sculpture of an ass's head upon the coronet of a marquess, which is the crest of the Mainwaring family.

[1] A fragment of a Saxon cross is set high in the wall between the nave and the south aisle.