The church was built in 1842-43 by Charles Langdon & Co. to a design by the architect Thomas Hellyer.

[1] The church was consecrated on 18 July 1843 by Charles Richard Sumner the Bishop of Winchester.

A Lady chapel was added in 1914 in memory of the 7th Lord Calthorpe whose family lived at nearby Woodlands Vale, and were regular worshippers at the church.

[2] In 1970 a church hall was added as an extension of the church building, the previous hall having been situated some distance away at the junction of St John's Hill and St John's Avenue.

The church hall was refurbished in 2006 and was used for a number of years as The Park Centre, a community resource.