[1] By the mid-20th century, this was too small to cater for the village's growing population, and plans were made to enlarge the chapel.

[1] The church's construction was marred by a restrictive budget of only £M20,000, a lack of skilled labourers, and the death of Grima in 1971.

[3] The church consists of curving walls, which are meant to create an element of intimacy, and their configuration recalls the Megalithic Temples of Malta.

Another source of inspiration is the Notre Dame du Haut chapel by Le Corbusier, which also broke away from more conservative church designs in favour of sculptural forms.

The overall form of England's church is inspired by an abstracted interpretation of the girna, a type of traditional corbelled stone hut common in rural Malta.