Almost all the church dates from the middle of the 15th century, when it was built by Sir Ralph Pudsay, the Lord of the Manor of Bolton, and completed in about 1466.

[4] In 1885–86 the church was restored by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin who added a new roof and parapets.

There are two-light bell openings in each of the upper stages, and an embattled parapet with corner pinnacles and gargoyles.

The inner door of the south porch has a lintel partly carved with dog-tooth decoration.

Its bowl is carved with the coats of arms of local families, and has brass plaques inscribed with texts in Latin.

[7] The two-manual pipe organ was made in 1886 by Isaac Abbott of Leeds, and restored in 2009 by John Clough.