[1] When Adrian Fortescue was appointed Missionary Rector of Letchworth in Hertfordshire in November 1907 he faced the task of building a church from scratch.

Much of the original church he designed and paid for personally, and parish records show that he in fact donated more each year than he received in his annual stipend.

In the end work did not start until May 1961, still largely following Dixon-Spain's original stripped modern Romanesque design and with John Willmott & Sons of Hitchin as the builders.

Also moved from the old church was the distinctive square alabaster baptismal font designed by Spooner which stands on stone columns and has the inscription ORATE PRO ANIMA EDMONDI FAVRIEL TREVELYAN DEF.

XI DEC. MCMXI[3] in memory of Dr Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1859-1911), a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a Justice of the Peace.