It was consecrated by Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt the Archbishop of York on 24 October 1822, and the patron of the living was Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers.

Wilkins formally applied for a grant in November 1818, but it was not until September 1821 that the money was approved and construction work started.

Paul's Chapel of Ease', as it was then called, public opinion was running high against King George IV for he had refused to allow his wife Caroline to be crowned, notwithstanding this, the King's Coronation was celebrated in Nottingham by the firing of several volleys in the Market Place by the 7th Dragoon Guards, and the Yeomanry Cavalry.

The Mayor then invited the officers to join him in drinking his Majesty's health and afterwards the foundation stone was laid by the Revd.

[2] With the population of Nottingham moving out into the suburbs at during the early part of the 20th century, the church became redundant and was closed in 1924.