The total cost of the church, including fittings, the stained glass, the organ, and the boundary walls, was £23,000 (equivalent to £2,930,000 in 2023).

[3][4] The local population had grown during the second half of the 19th century, and the church was intended to serve the people working in the nearby mills.

The church was planned to seat a congregation of about 800, giving them all a good view of the proceedings, and an opportunity to hear the sermon.

The nave is divided into bays by buttresses and at the corners of the east end are octagonal pinnacles with crocketted caps.

[1] The interior is constructed without any pillars, making it a single, undivided space, with a span of 52 feet (16 m), one of the widest for a parish church in England.

[8] It was built in this way to give the congregation an excellent view of the chancel from the nave, and the ability to hear the sermon clearly.

[9] The choir stalls, pews, organ case, altar, communion rails, credence table, and pulpit are in oak and were all designed by the architects.

The stained glass in the east chancel windows is dated 1887 and depicts Faith and Hope; it was made by Burlison and Grylls.

[12] During the 20th century the size of the local population was declining, and in 1962 the parish was combined with that of St James in Waterloo Road.

[5] The building has since been redeveloped and in December 2014 opened as a business and community centre, managed by a small charity set up for this purpose, known as All Souls Bolton.