In 1930 the Diocese of Westminster bought the old house at 130 St Margaret’s Road and Mass was said in the front room. Six years later the Parish of St Margaret of Scotland was formally created and in 1937 a prefabricated hut was erected in the front garden, affectionately known as the ‘cardboard Cathedral’, in which Mass was said for the next 32 years.

After many years of fundraising and planning ahead for the construction of a new Church, the old house was demolished and architect Austin Winkley appointed to design the new building in accordance with the detailed specification drawn up and approved by the Parish Council.