The Church is built in the form of a cross, the Roman instrument of execution on which Jesus Christ was put to death. The cross is the symbol of Christian belief that, through his death and resurrection Jesus Christ saved the World and opened the kingdom of Heaven to all people. This church with its once brightly painted walls, coloured glass and statues of the Saints soaring above the squalor of the crowded smoke filled wooden housing of the parish was built to reflect that kingdom. Some of this mediaeval splendour can be witnessed once a year when the Church invites the Lord Mayor of Bristol and the City Council to hear a sermon preached by the Vicar at the Rush Sunday Service. This Service on Whitsunday, the Festival of the Holy Spirit, follows many of the customs that would have been familiar to worshippers over 500 years ago, among them the scattering of herbs and rushes over the floor and the holding of posies of flowers to ward off infection.

The ornate gold Cross situated behind the High Altar