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Twenty-three years after Richard Norman Shaw's main church was built, and all but his belfry plans completed, John Oldrid Scott submitted the winning design for a tower. John Oldrid Scott (1841–1913) was the son of Sir George Gilbert Scott, and uncle of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott - both prominent architects of the day.

The foundation stone was laid by Lady Willis on 31st August, 1899, and it was completed in eighteen months. With the addition of a clock and tenor bell it cost £6,000 and was dedicated by Rt Rev Randall Davidson, Bishop of Winchester (later Archbishop of Canterbury), on 5th February, 1901.

This illustration is from "The Builders' Journal and Architectural Record", 25th October, 1899.