It was built in an English Gothic revival style on the designs of John Thomas Emmett, costing a total of £10,000.

The adjoining church centre was also built on the site of tenement flats and a chapel dedicated to St Matthew was constructed.

[4] On 26 December 1998, after a severe hurricane, at a time when the spire was being restored, the same spire collapsed and fell on the church building which caused a large gash in the middle of the church and severe structural damage.

It was originally built by Willis in Renfield Street Church in 1879 and rebuilt in its current location in 1968 by Hill, Norman & Beard.

The console is on a mobile plinth and there are several connection points, to allow it to have a variable position, depending whether being used for church service or recital/concert.

One of the longest-serving and most notable past organists was well-known solo recitalist, Avis McIntyre FRCO (born 1932), who (as of 2014) remained the only female Fellow of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO) living and working in Scotland.