[1] The original St Benet Fink church was in Threadneedle Street in the City of London and is first mentioned in 1216.

[1] At an unknown prior date a Saint Benedict's Church had been rebuilt with a gift from one Robert Finke.

The architect was J. S. Alder, and St Benet's is said to be his most complete and unaltered church.

The spire houses a single bell, as was common architectural practice at the beginning of the last century; the building has a Grade II listing.

[2] The church is of red brick with a slate roof and has a small spire that accommodates a single bell.