The structure was raised by hydraulic jacks and placed on rollers and moved 40 feet (12 m) by a team of 17 men.

The pews, organ and fittings were left intact and the church moved 70 feet (21 m).

[4] The new church was built in the early Decorated Gothic style with two side aisles and north and south transepts.

The original church on Meadow Lane was destroyed in the same air raid that damaged the main building.

The two manual pipe organ dates from the rebuilding of the church in 1953 and is by Cousans of Lincoln.