The church was built on the site of the Magdalen Chapel.

It was designed by Edward Holmes and consecrated on 16 May 1865 by the Bishop of Worcester,[2] and a parish assigned out of St Thomas' Church, Bath Row In 1939, the church was closed and the parish united with St Thomas' Church, Bath Row.

It was re-opened after St Thomas was destroyed in a bombing raid in 1940.

The font was moved to St Mary's Church, Wythall.

[3] When the church was closed, the organ was moved to St Faith and St Laurence's Church, Harborne.