The first building on the site was erected in 1842 by the Birmingham Church Building Society, to designs of the architect Harvey Eginton. The church was consecrated on 28 September 1842 by Henry Pepys, the Bishop of Worcester.Coventry Herald. 30 September 1842. P.3. Birmingham The exterior stonework was poor quality, and the building eroded quickly. By the end of the nineteenth century it was condemned and demolished.
