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The £9.5m arch-like Wall of Answered Prayer will be visible from the M6 and M42 if it gets planning permission to be built in Coleshill, near Birmingham. It is expected to be one of the first national Christian landmarks representing one million answered Christian prayers and will rival Sir Anthony Gormley’s Angel of the North.

Drawings show the incredible piece of architecture which will be approximately three times the size of The Angel of the North in Gateshead.

The project is the brainchild of Richard Gamble, former chaplain to Premier League champions Leicester City FC and supported by faith and political leaders across the country.

Mr Gamble hopes it will be easily noticeable to passing traffic and stand out as an iconic monument to represent Christians across the country.

He said: It’s a global first.

“This building has been my dream for many years.

“It’s phenomenal to see it all finally fleshed out in such a beautiful and elegant design.

“Our hope is this will be a piece of art that provokes discussion and that, when people visit The Wall of Answered Prayer and interact with the one million testimonies, they will see a small glimpse of God’s character.”

Among the one million bricks will be 75,000 ‘heritage bricks’ representing stories of answered prayer from throughout the UK’s history “to celebrate the nation’s incredibly rich Christian heritage”.

The designs which are due to be decided by North Warwickshire Borough Council, were inspired by a Möbius strip.

It is expected to equal the size of 62 semi-detached houses and features innovative technology which will allow visitors to read the answered prayers relating to each brick using their phones.

Mr Gamble added: “We want to celebrate and remember all the prayers that God has answered for individuals throughout our nation’s history.

“We expect that this will have a significant impact on our nation.”

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Baroness Sal Brinton, former President of the Liberal Democrats, said: “As a nation we are often quite shy about putting our faith in a public place, and it also seemed to me, as a politician, that we need to be able to say that prayer is absolutely important to Christians.”

Rt Revd David Urquhart, Bishop of Birmingham, said: “I am excited about The Wall and support it as an encouragement to personal and national prayer and to attract visitors for exploring the journey of faith.”

The project has been funded by crowd-funded donations from members of the public as well as philanthropists and charities.

More than 130 architect practices from 24 countries competed against each other to be in with the chance of constructing the iconic memorial.

Paul Bulkeley, founding director of Snug Architects, who were chosen, said: “It’s a structure of national significance and we are honoured to have played a part in the vision and the team that brings such a large-scale monument to the heart of the UK.”

Construction is due to start in December 2020 for completion in 2022 ahead of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

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