St Margaret's Church

The church was built in 1874–75 and designed by the Lancaster partnership of Paley and Austin. It was consecrated on 15 March 1875 by the Bishop of Manchester. It initially consisted of a three-bay nave, a chancel and a south aisle, providing seating for about 200 people. The site for the church was given by Lord Egerton of Tatton Park. In 1881–82 the same architects added the bellcote, followed by the clergy vestry, a reredos and the organ screen in 1885. In 1901 the successors in the practice, Austin and Paley added the north aisle at a cost of £3,000 (equivalent to £|r=-4}}}} as of ). Further work was carried out on the west end of the church by the same practice in 1925–26, and a…

St Margaret's is constructed in sandstone. In the Buildings of England series, the authors describe the interior as "well-proportioned", and with a "single-framed roof". It replaced an earlier three-manual organ.