It was constructed in 1922–1923 by Calouste Gulbenkian as a memorial to his parents, and the architect was Arthur Davis.

[2] The construction of the church was funded by Calouste Gulbenkian, an Ottoman-born Armenian oil magnate.

The church was designed by Arthur Joseph Davis and built by Holloway Brothers.

[5] The entrance has an English inscription recording its dedication to Gulbenkian's parents "in the Armenian Era 1372".

[5] The altarpiece contains a painting of Virgin and Child with gilded relief carving of angels in the gable made by the Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts.