The area purchased included the Wricklemarsh mansion along with its 250-acre estate, previously owned by Sir Gregory Page.

The architect was George Smith and the builder was William Moore, a local bricklayer and carpenter.

[2] During the Second World War, when Frank Colquhoun was vicar, the church was heavily affected by air raids.

The building is made of white Gault bricks with Bath stone dressings and roofed with Welsh slate.

[1][5] Ian Nairn describes it as "far more individual than the usual run", and "more than a studious crib from a pattern book", and notes "the highly successful Eastern Tower".