The parish of St Hugh, Lewsey was created in 1965 from parts of the parishes of Houghton Regis, All Saints Luton, and St Luke Leagrave (Bedfordshire Archive). Before the creation of the parish, St Hugh's was a mission in the parish of Houghton Regis. The church was a dual-purpose building, dedicated in 1960, and this is now the church hall and office. The foundation stone of the present church, on Leagrave High Street, was laid in 1966, and the church was built by Black, Bayes, Gibson and Partners, and was completed the following year. It is a broad rectangular brick hall with a monopitch roof at the E end with an abstract stained glass window in primary colours extending the full width of the clerestory. Inside a stage has been erected at the E ed with an altar on the N side of it, in the NE corner. In the SE corner is a raised platform. The are two doorways in the N wall; that at the W end linking the church to the church hall. The font came to St Hugh's from St Mary's Maulden, and is sited at the SE of the hall. This is the only Romanesque feature recorded here.
