[4] The predecessors of the congregation now worshipping in Ullet Road originated from a group of Presbyterians during the later part of the 17th century, that is, in the immediate aftermath of the English Civil War.

They originally gathered in a meeting house in Castle Hey, and in 1727 moved to a new chapel in Benn's Gardens.

[6] The architects Thomas and Percy Worthington, Unitarians from Manchester, were commissioned to design the church and associated buildings.

Its plan consists of a three-bay narthex (entrance hall), a seven-bay nave with a clerestory, narrow aisles, and a chancel with a polygonal apse.

[9] The doors at the south end of the church and on the sides are in oak with beaten copper cladding in Art Nouveau style designed by Richard Llewellyn Rathbone.

The walls of the chancel curve forward to incorporate the pulpit on one side and the reading desk on the other.

Behind the altar is a wooden reredos carved by H. H. Martyn & Co. of Cheltenham based on Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper.

This supplied power for the series of copper electroliers in the nave, which are in Arts and Crafts style and made by the Artificers' Guild of London.

In the vestry the paintings are in four oval panels, and depict the virtues of Fortitude, Temperance, Justice, and Charity.

Originally depicted naked, the artist was persuaded to clothe her in "classical but revealing drapery".

[2] This part of the complex was paid for by Sir John Brunner and the son of Henry Tate.

[18] It is in five irregular bays; its roof is arch-braced, and it contains an arcade on its west side incorporating a large fireplace.

The authors of the Buildings of England series comment that this gives a "collegiate feel",[9] a reference to an architectural quadrangle.

[19] The original church entrance gates and the railings were designed by the architects, and constructed by George Wragge.