[2] An ecclesiastical district was created in 1937 from parts of the parishes of Stratford-sub-Castle and St Mark, and a vicar was instituted.

[4][5] The building is in a 20th-century style, having a wide nave with passage aisles and meeting rooms, and an apsidal Lady Chapel behind the sanctuary, instead of a chancel.

It is structurally concrete with brick cladding and infill, and artificial stone surrounds to the doors and windows.

[8] Julian Orbach's updating of Pevsner's work compares the red brick to the power stations designed by Giles Gilbert Scott.

[10] Services are designed to appeal to families and young people, and in 2013 the separate church hall was reconfigured as a community facility which also houses a pre-school.