[1] It was designed by the eminent architect Charles Parker in an Italianate style, with early Christian and Renaissance influences.

His nephew, Edward, inherited the property and opened it to the public as the first Roman Catholic church in Kingston.

There is a memorial plaque for Lady Anne Savile, daughter of the fourth Earl, Colonel Minchin and Captain Hamilton who were lost attempting to set an aviation record by being the first aviator to fly over the Atlantic Ocean from east to west.

Other members of the Savile family who lived nearby in Thames Ditton are buried in the vault under the High Altar.

[3][4] The church was sold to the Diocese of Southwark after the Second World War and is now on the Registered List of Buildings of historical and architectural interest.