The precise date when the first bridge chapel came into existence is uncertain, but it is likely to have been the late 13th or early 14th century.
The south elevation has a timber-framed gable over a 15th-century stone-mullioned window with modern leaded lights.
It was restored in 1930 in memory of Alfred Seale Haslam, a former Mayor of Derby, using funds from his family.
An incised slate tablet on the north side records the names of three Catholic priests, Nicholas Garlick, Robert Ludlum and Richard Simpson, who on 24 July 1588 were martyred near here.
Although it remains in Anglican ownership, the building is also used for worship by Lutheran (Latvian[2] and German-speaking) and Russian Orthodox[3] congregations.