The foundation stone was laid on 4 June 1887 by Thomas Henry Goodwin Newton, High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

[2] The church was built to the designs of the architect John Cotton of Temple Row, Birmingham, and opened on 10 April 1888.

It comprised a nave with low aisles, double transepts, a baptistery and the foundations for a tower in the north west corner.

[3] The organ case was very old, dating from before 1749 and was thought to have been carved by Justinian Morse, and was formerly installed in St John the Baptist's Church, Barnet, Hertfordshire.

The organ moved from Barnet to St. Neots, then in Huntingdonshire where remained until 1855 when it was part exchanged for a new instrument built by GM Holdich.