The church is a grade II* listed building which was designed by G. E.

[1] St Saviour's Church was designed by George Edmund Street.

The church was consecrated on 31 January 1867 by Ashurst Gilbert, the Bishop of Chichester.

It is made from red brick with Bath stone dressings, and has a polychrome, clay tile roof.

[3] As the parish is against the ordination of women, it receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Chichester (currently Martin Warner), and is a member of both Forward in Faith and The Society.