Its construction was mainly funded by a bequest (several donations totalling more than 5 million Francs) from banker Jacques Taurin de Lormand, who died in 1847.

The town council allocated additional money for ending the works and purchasing furniture.

On December 13, 1895, the vault partly collapsed on the organ lofts because the ground was swampy.

The inside of the church features a painting by Léon Bonnat (1833-1922) of Bayonne, which represents the Assumption of Mary.

It was made by Georges Wenner [fr] and Jean-Jacob Götty of Bordeaux, with 32 stops and 3 manuals.