Grade II listed Church of England church. Stained glass windows. Interior elements include fixed pews and galleries with box seating. Other fixtures include a stone font and pulpit, a wooden lectern, and various memorial tablets.

St Mary’s Church is a Commissioners’ Church dating from 1839, built on a piece of land donated by Mr John Ashton, a member of a local mill owning family and local employer.

 

There is an interesting memorial to Mr Ashton in the Nave, and a Narthex created in the old West Porch is named for the Family.
The Commissioners and public subscription funded the church construction jointly. The church is a Grade II English Heritage-listed building and retains many original features.
The fixed pews in the Nave and the Pulpit date from the additions to the fabric in 1877, whilst the box pews in the Gallery date from the opening of the church.
The design is by Haley and Brown of Manchester and is of added architectural interest due to its Romanesque style rather than the Gothic style more commonly seen in that period. JM and H Taylor of Manchester added the West Tower and Turrets, the Chancel Organ loft, and Vestry in 1877, in a similar quality and sympathetic design, with the cost being funded by Public Subscription.
The main external feature, and prominent local landmark, the West Tower, with its two turrets, was the subject of a major restoration project in 2011, restoring the historic fabric to its former glory.