By the end of the war, Blackpool was indeed relatively undamaged, and the bishop conceived the idea of building a thanksgiving chapel to commemorate this.

On the sides rectangular panels of cast concrete glazing are filled with geometric patterns, their pink and pale blue glass giving good light to the interior.

The ceiling is coloured blue, red and gold, with deep coffering around the light fittings and the floor of the body of the shrine is tiled.

A £100,000 grant awarded by English Heritage assisted with urgent rescue repairs,[4] completed in April 2008, dealing with the leaking copper roof and improving the rainwater disposal system.

[3] A larger sum will be needed to convert the building into a community centre[4] and current fund-raising is focussed on re-installing electrical supplies, rendered unsafe by water ingress, and modern facilities.