This church was built to replace a temporary building, it was required for the new residents of the development of the market gardens between White Hart Lane and the railway that occurred in the 19th century. The architect, Charles Innes, was a parishioner and he designed a structure on the lines of a basilica and to seat about 700 persons. It was incomplete when the local historian was writing in 1900. He may have been uneasy about the design. For example, he writes:

The nave or main part of the church is 30 feet wide, and with the clerestory (or clear-storey) 56 feet in height. There is an apse (or bay or curved part) at the eastern end, and the table is nine steps above the floor of the nave.
The chancel (or where the Communion Table is) is divided from the nave by a low stone wall to be surmounted by a brass rail

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A History of Barnes