The present building mostly dates from the early 16th century although there are traces from the late 12th or early 13th century in the north arcade of the nave. The cross has a Grade II listing.A church has existed on the site from no later than the 12th century and was possibly founded by Robert de Lacy. It consists of a square block topped with an octagonal shaft and an octagonal block. There is a medieval stone cross to the south-east of the building. The oldest dated gravestone is from 1606. The churchyard lies mostly to the south of the church. The remaining two were given to the church in 1900 by Thomas Hyde of Colne. Six of them date from 1814, cast by Thomas Mears of London. The Banastre chapel to the north, and the Barnside chapel to the south, are both separated from the aisles by oak screens. Its arcades to the north and south have octagonal piers and three pointed arches of two chamfered orders. It has a narrow opening into the north aisle. The pulpit is constructed of oak on a stone base. The shields contain symbols of the Passion and the initials of Lawrence Towneley. The font is octagonal with concave sides, each featuring a shield. There is an inner and an outer aisle to the north, separated from each other by an arcade of four pointed arches and octagonal piers. The north and south arcades have four bays the north has round piers with moulded bases and capitals and the south has octagonal columns, also with moulded bases and capitals. The nave measures 55 feet (17 m) by 19 feet (5.8 m). Inside there is a stone bench on either side of the entrance. Its entrance has a pointed arch and chamfered orders. The porch to the south has a niche in its gable, and a sundial in place of a finial. The doorway to the tower has a pointed head.
The tower parapet is crenellated with gargoyles below, to the north and south.
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The three-light belfry windows are pointed and transomed, with tracery in their heads. It has square buttresses of four stages at the western corners. The north aisle has two- and three-light windows. The five-light east window has cinquefoil heads and rectilinear tracery. The south windows are straight-headed with four arched lights the clerestory has three-light windows. Its plan consists of a nave with a south and a double north aisle, a chancel, chapels to the north and south of the chancel, vestries, an organ chamber and a tower to the west. The church is constructed of wrought stone in the Perpendicular and Late Perpendicular styles. The Grade I listing is for buildings "of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important". In 1988 the church was designated a Grade I listed building. In the latter restoration the north aisle was removed and replaced by a double aisle, an organ chamber and vestries were added, the church was reseated, and screens, choir stalls, a pulpit and an altar were added this restoration cost nearly £7,000 (equivalent to £810,000 in 2021). The building underwent restoration by E. G. Paley in 1856–57, and a further restoration in 1889–91 by Paley, Austin and Paley. In 1815, repairs were made to the north arcade by Thomas Taylor. A font was donated to the church by Lawrence Towneley in 1590. The building probably underwent significant restoration in the 16th century. A church has existed on the site from no later than the 12th century and was possibly founded by Robert de Lacy.
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