The former chapel, with its attached presbytery, has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.

Completed in 1813, St John's was the first Roman Catholic chapel to be built in Poulton-le-Fylde, a parish which had remained sympathetic to Catholicism after the Reformation.

Investigation by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London identified the probable vestment as dating from the early 16th century, with English embroidery.

[5] St John's is an active church in the Sacred Heart Deanery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster.

An inscription above reads "I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house, and the place where they Glory dwelleth.

In each of the north and south walls are three tall two-light windows with arched heads and timber Y-tracery.

[8] The current church is constructed of rock-faced red sandstone in a stripped Romanesque style.