It is a Grade II listed building[1] and occupies a prominent position on the west side of Streatham High Road, at its junction with Tooting Bec Gardens and Mitcham Lane.

Streatham is an ancient parish which is mentioned in the Domesday Book and originally included land in the districts that are now generally known as Balham and Tooting Bec.

The present stone chancel was constructed in 1863 to designs by William Dyce and was completed under the direction of Benjamin Ferrey.

This work involved a number of alterations including the installation of a staircase that provides access to the gallery and a mezzanine floor, provision of new seating, an organ, paved stone floor (incorporating older ledger stones), Chapel of Unity at the west end of the south aisle and clerestory lights in the nave and chancel.

[6] The churchyard is well-stocked with monuments and contains four Grade II listed tombs which commemorate: A review commissioned by Lambeth Council, following the Black Lives Matter protests during 2020, to identify locations in Lambeth with historic direct and indirect links to the trans-Atlantic slave trade and colonialism, included the memorial to John Massingberd, Treasurer of the East India Company as having a proven association.