Goodwin was an obvious choice for architects having already undertaken a number of churches in the Midlands and the North West, as well as the original Manchester Town Hall.

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner considers that Goodwin's inspiration was Nicholas Hawksmoor's St Michael, Cornhill and that "the whole makes a lively and memorable picture".

[2] Drawing from Pevsner, the English Heritage inspectors who listed the building in 1974, without an internal inspection, stated that the interior was "reported as having: galleries; Perpendicular arcades; [and a] wall monument to The Hon.

"[1] A declining inner-city population in the post-war period, combined with the increasing isolation of the church caused by major road construction in its vicinity, led to St George's closure in 1984.

The transformation into such was planned under the then governments Community Programme which offered training in conservation and building skills.