 Pevsner points out that while the Romanesque style (which he calls Neo-Norman) was fashionable in the 1840s, it was out of fashion in the 1870s, when the usual style was Gothic Revival.The church is built in brick, faced on the outside with local gritstone, and with yellow terracotta dressings.Its plan consists of a five-bay nave with aisles, a clerestory and transepts at the western end.