The Boys school attached to the church had 40 students, and the girls school 30 students, who were provided a daily meal and given clothes once a year with funds provided by a benevolent lady resident of the Cantonment. S T Pettigrew was the driving force behind building the All Saint's Church, which stands on Hosur Road, Richmond Town, Bangalore. According to his records, the site of the church was initially allocated for a small colony of European pensioners, as the St. Mark's Cathedral was getting full. A modest sum of INR 100 had been collected and a small plot had been allotted at the corner of the parade grounds. This initial plan was however rejected by the Church Building Society in Madras, as being too small, and a design drawn up Robert Chisholm, Consulting Architect, Madras Government was suggested as the alternate. After this Pettigrew left for the Nilgiris and returned after 2 years and found there was no progress in building the church. A decision was made to build the church with private contributions, with the estimated cost being INR 10,000. On 27 November 1869, the foundation stone was laid. The building project however faced much difficulties, financially and also otherwise. However, after the scaffolding, the community stepped up. Donations were made towards the altar, altar cross, vestments, font, pulpit, and communion plate. The Principal of Cooper's Hill College donated the rose window in memory of his child. The exterior of the building was completed for INR 2,000 lower than the original estimate. As, Bishop Waller was on sick leave in England, Bishop Milman who was visiting, consecrated the church on 17 October 1870. The services commenced under the chaplaincy of Rev Dr George Uglow Pope, who was then the warden of the Bishop Cotton's School. On his return from India, he served as Curate-in-charge of Pudleston, 1878–80, and then as the Vicar of Hatfield, 1880–87. He died at Leominster in 1889. S T Pettigrew, anonymously authored the book Episodes in the "Life of an Indian Chaplain", where he describes his life as chaplain of the Honourable East India Company serving in India, at Rangoon, Kamptee, Bangalore, Ootacamund and Trevandrum.