Designed by William Mason, the foundation stone was laid on 11 July 1873 and the building was consecrated on 3 December 1874.

[1] A Gothic Revival building, somewhere between the Norman and the Early English style, it is built of bluestone with Port Chalmers breccia for the quoins and facings which is unusual.

Very English in its feeling it represents a return to the plain manner of the architect's early career.

It is cruciform in plan, with an apsidal chancel where there are five lancet stained glass windows.

There are aisles divided from the nave by massive, octagonal piers, a tower and a spire at the south west corner above the principal entrance.