Henry Moule, proposed the construction of the church to serve the increasing population of the time and the regiments of Dorchester Barracks.

[2] Other private contributions were received, alongside grants from the Incorporated and Diocesan Church Building Societies.

[7] As the population continued to increase, a temporary chapel of ease, known as the Tin Tabernacle, was erected at the Top O'Town in 1896–97.

[11] That year Mr. Herbert Kendall of Poole drew up plans for proposals to purchase the church, dismantle and then rebuild it at Ferndown.

The southern transept was allocated for the use of Sunday school children and the western region of the nave for use of soldiers at Dorchester Barracks.

[6] The font was built of Caen stone, while other fittings such as the pulpit, reading desk and communion table were of wood.