Parts of the church were designed by George Frederick Bodley.

It was paid for by a Miss Rosa Frances Lewis, who continued to support the church after its construction and until her death in 1862.

The architect commissioned to design the church was George Gilbert Scott.

In 1940, St Saviour's Church was destroyed by a bomb in World War II.

As a result, its church congregation met in its hall, and called themselves Little St Saviour's.