The church was built to the neo-Gothic design of Maltese architect Giuseppe Bonavia.

[2] The site was previously occupied by Casa Torrensi, built during the Order of St. John in the 17th-century, and carried the address number of 60.

[1] The site was bought by Reverend John Keeling in 1824 in order to build the first non-Catholic church in Malta.

[6] It was the first neo-Gothic church to be built in Malta, on the designs of Maltese architect Giuseppe Bonavia.

[7] Wiseley was minister of St Andrew's and Presbyterian Chaplain to the Forces in Malta from 1854 to 1914.