The church was built on the corner of the new Parkhurst Road and Sackville Road, and opened in 1896 – the photograph above appears to have been taken at the opening.
The buildings on either side of the church show houses or, more probably, shops still in the stage of construction.
Vestries were added to the Church in 1924 and a new entrance in 1961.
Photograph of the Sackville Road Methodist Church taken in about 1915, looking down Parkhurst Road, Next to the church is the Parkhurst Hall, which opened in 1892 and was used as a chapel, meeting hall and schoolroom before the church was built.