Complex sentence: In the village of Appleton Thorn, to the north of Arley Hall, he paid for St Cross church which was built in 1886--87 to a design by Edmund Kirby of Liverpool.
Split into simpler sentences: In the village of Appleton Thorn, to the north of Arley Hall, he paid for St Cross church. This was built in 1886--87 to a design by Edmund Kirby of Liverpool.