Some houses had been built the previous year, and Read Kemp is believed to have planned to create a similar exclusive development on this land;[1] but little happened until after it had been sold to the Jewish baronet Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid in 1830.

Brunswick Town eventually consisted of 150 houses, many of which were exclusive and expensive,[1] but there was no suitable church nearby.

[2] The decision to proceed with construction was taken by the diocese on 21 March 1851, and work started on 15 April 1852 after £4,500 had been raised through borrowings, private donations and a grant.

[3] The architects William and Edward Habershon, brothers who operated as a partnership, designed the church in the Decorated Gothic style using flint and stone dressings.

A porch was added on the west side in 1906–07 by London-based architectural firm Rogers, Bone & Cole.