It was built circa 1879 - 1886, designed by architect Sir Arthur Blomfield in the Gothic Revival style with a tower.

The church is located on the south side of Shepherd's Bush Green on Rockley Road.

The foundation stone was laid on 6 March 1878 by the philanthropist and evangelical Anglican John Derby Allcroft, MP for Worcester.

[2] In 1903 stained glass was installed in the East window to commemorate the first vicar, the Reverend Robert Handcock.

[2] Today St Simon's is surrounded by late Victorian and early Edwardian terraced housing, and is located a few hundred yards south of Shepherd's Bush Green.