The original church building, a red brick, neo gothic structure, designed by Charles Alfred Chastel de Boinville, was dedicated on June 4, 1879 [REF].
The St. Hilda's Mission for women, also established by Bickersteth in 1888, was located close by at Azabu Nagazakacho, expanding on work begun by Alice Hoar, the first woman missionary of the SPG to reach Japan in 1875 [REF].