 The congregation was begun in 1881 at a building nearby which now houses a betting shop ; a service was held in the shop to begin the celebrations for the church's 125th anniversary in 2002.The present building was the first London church designed by Bodley and Garner and is built of brick with stone dressings in the decorated Gothic style.The nave was completed in 1881 and the chancel added and consecrated in 1894 under its first vicar, Father Edward Penfold.