The church was remodelled in the early 1980s and again in 1997-1999 and now serves a variety of purposes including Lichfield Library and Tourist Information on the ground floor, and on the top floor, The Hub at St Mary's is now home to a speciality coffee shop, art gallery, treasury exhibition and performing arts space.

It is thought that the first church on the site was built when the town was laid out by Bishop Clinton in around 1150 although first mention of it is in the 13th century.

[2] The construction of the new church was funded by public subscription, the Conduit Lands Trust and the Lichfield Corporation.

[2] These years of construction were probably overseen by Samuel Johnson who would have experienced his early childhood in the house facing onto the church.

[3] In 1853 the tower was lowered and remodelled in a Victorian Gothic style, complete with steeple under a design by George Edmund Street.

The present building built in Derbyshire sandstone was completed in a Victorian Gothic style after two years construction in 1870.

When complete the church consisted of a chancel, a chapel on its north side dedicated to the Dyott family, an aisled nave of four bays, and the tower and spire from 1853.

By 1868 the lower part of the tower was dilapidated, much of it dating from the medieval church of the 14th century and was almost completely rebuilt.

This inevitably led to a decline in congregation at St Mary's and a large city centre church with a capacity for 900 people was no longer viable.

Upstairs, you will find a space that is used for community activities, events, musical gigs, performance arts and a host of other things.