An attractive building built on the eve of the Second World War, its distinctive west end a landmark in an outer suburb of Bexhill. 

The foundation stone was laid on 11 August 1939 and the building completed in the following year. The cost was £7,114. The architect was Marshall Wood FRIBA of Hooe (a village near Little Common) and the contractors Messrs Goodwin & Sons (Bexhill-on-Sea Observer, 5 August 1939). It is a simple brick church with a striking west (ritual) end reminiscent of Spanish or Italian Romanesque, though the tiled bell stage and pyramid roof give a distinctively Sussex flavour. The base of the tower combines with the narthex into a single composition with soaring blind arches and a Calvary of crosses. The single roof spanning nave and aisles, together with the aisle windows rising into dormers, contribute to the Sussex vernacular character. Inside the nave forms the main space, with a short chancel and narrow aisles.

Entry amended by AHP 27.10.2026

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