In 1814, John Christian Curwen from Workington Hall gave a piece of land to the Benedictines for a priory and chapel to be built on.

[4] With the chapel being too small to accommodate the increasing local Catholic population, a new church needed to be built.

The old chapel became the parish hall,[6] which now is part of St Joseph's Catholic High School, Workington.

[7] In the church, the high altar and the statue of Our Lady and the Sacred Heart are made from Caen stone.

[8] From 1876 to the 1930s the stained glass were installed in the church and were made by Hardman & Co. and Frances Barnett of Leith.