Initially a Mission Chapel in Leman Street was opened in June 1880 by Edward Bickersteth (Dean of Lichfield) but this soon proved too small for the demand.

[1] To stimulate fundraising, a memorial stone for a new church was laid by Mrs Henry Boden on 8 September 1887.

[2] The foundation stone for the church was laid by Sir William Evans, 1st Baronet on 18 October 1889.

[5] A reredos was provided in 1895[6] obtained second hand from St Paul's, Burton upon Trent.

An organ was installed by Bishop and Son and opened on 22 March 1899 by George Pattman, organist of All Saints’ Church, Scarborough.