Construction was completed in 1901[2] and it was consecrated by the Bishop of Coventry on 30 October 1901.

It was designed by William Hale as a chapel-of-ease to St Mary's Church, Moseley.

On 1 December 1927, a church dedicated to St. Hugh of Lincoln serving the Dads Lane Estate, was opened in Pineapple Grove.

A new church, designed by Romilly Craze, was constructed next to St. Hugh's and was consecrated by the Bishop of Birmingham on 14 July 1973.

Some 16mm Black & White / Mute Television News footage of the fire filmed by Associated Television survives in the Media Archive for Central England[3] The church contained an organ by Norman and Beard dating from 1901.