The area where the church was built.

An early view of the church.

The gothic structure is built of red sandstone with Bath stone window dressings and consists of a nave with north and south aisles, north and south transepts, a chancel with a south chancel aisle, an organ chamber and a vestry. In the chancel there are polished Devonshire marble pillars that were supplied by Philip Horsman of Wolverhampton. The tower is about 80 feet high and contains a spiral stone staircase. The entrance porch has an inner partition that was added in about 1900. The church has two bells, one cast by Warner & Company of London in 1859 and a second bell that was added in 1902. It was a gift from Mrs. Hannah Page of Penn Road. The church clock also dates from 1902.

As built, there was seating for 506 adults and 119 children, 319 of which were rented to worshippers to provide part of the income for the vicar. The other seats were free for anyone to use. In 1951 all of the seats became free to use. Some of the seats were later removed, which reduced the seating accommodation to around 530.

The brass lectern was a gift from the Lloyd Clerical Society and the pulpit is made of Caen stone, as is the font, which was carved by Mr. Wood of Lichfield.

The church interior.

A red sandstone wall was built around the graveyard and a coach house with a two-stall stable with a loft was built in 1859 to stable Mr. and Mrs. Dalton's horses that pulled their carriage to and from Lloyd House, where they lived. The vicarage next to the church was built in 1881 for the second vicar, Rev. W. G. Vernon, who had lived at Westdale Villa, Compton Road, on the corner of Westland Road. The site was originally part of 'Cloddy Mere' which was given to the church by William Hanbury Sparrow. The Church Commissioners gave £950 for the building work. The vicarage ground floor contained 3 sitting rooms, a toilet, front and back kitchens, a pantry and a larder. There were 4 bedrooms on the first floor and 3 attics and a box room on the second floor. There was also a small wine cellar, a boot room, a coal house and ash pit, and 2 outside toilets.

The burial ground, known as Glebe Field, was purchased by the Rev. W. G. Vernon from William Hanbury Sparrow's son, Arthur, on the 20th January, 1887 (William Hanbury died in 1867).

The burial ground. From an old postcard.

Another early view of the church. From an old postcard.

The church and the fields that once surrounded it. From an old postcard.

St. Philip's Day School.

St. Philip's Day School was built in 1863 in Church Road, where Ackleton Gardens is today. It was designed by W. D. Griffin and built by Lovatt of Wolverhampton at a cost of around £1,000. The headmistress was Miss Jane Blake and the headmaster was Mr. George Benson. When the school opened in 1863 there were 64 pupils, but by 1910 there were over 300 pupils. The school continued in use until 1928 when the local authority took it over and the pupils were transferred to Bradmore Council School. The building in Church Road was sold in 1928 to Boswell and Tomkins for £600 and was used by the Salvation Army. In 1945 it was acquired by the Wolverhampton Die Casting Company and then demolished in the early 1960s to make way for Ackleton Gardens.

The Church Hall in Church Road was built in 1898 and 1899 by A. W. Hickson & Company, to a design by Mr. Lavender, who was leader of the Church's Sunday school. The foundation stone was laid by the Mayor of Wolverhampton, Alderman Alexander McBean, on the 5th October, 1898. The hall was a large room that could accommodate 200 people with a folding screen across the centre to convert it into two separate rooms. There was also a kitchen.

Around 1926 the County Council began to use the hall as an infant welfare centre on Wednesday afternoons. The front half of the hall was fitted with a moveable partition to provide a waiting room and a doctor's room. From 1949 until about 1958 the building was used by Wolverhampton Corporation as extra space for Woodfield Avenue School. In 1976 and 1977 a new entrance hall was built between the two halls along with ladies', and gentlemen's toilets and improved kitchen facilities.

The church before the building of the war memorial and gardens. From an old postcard.

The church and war memorial. From an old postcard.

Church Road and the church. From an old postcard.

The burial ground. From an old postcard.

In 1959 when the church celebrated its centenary, around £2,200 was spent on redecoration and the replacing of some of the old floor tiles and the iron grills in the aisles. The chancel roof was painted and oak facing was added to the choir stalls, organ chamber, entrance porch and doors. The contractors were William Gough & Sons Limited.

In 1996 and 1997 the main body of the church was divided horizontally, with worship taking place on the upper floor and with function rooms and the church office on the lower floor.

The church in 2021.