Since 1974 the church has been enriched with faux marbling on the nave columns and high altar reredos. In 1974, the Earl of Scarborough presented an altar stone containing relics which had come from Roche Abbey; this was interred in the altar of the church.

The church is longitudinal in plan, and consists of a narthex, five-bay nave with low aisles, sanctuary with side chapels and sacristy. It is astylar in character, the walls faced with red rustic bricks laid in stretcher bond, the dressings of artificial stone, the roof covered with dark brown tiles. The west elevation faces the street, with a flat-roofed porch with tall round-arched central entrance. The gable above has three vertical rectangular windows and is surmounted by a stone cross. The aisles are flat-roofed, that to the south with five pairs of vertical windows divided by brick buttresses, while the north side has four pairs of windows with the sacristy, link block and parish hall.

The east end is plain and windowless, with a brick moulded cross.The plain character of the exterior offers no hint of the relative richness, and hybrid modern-classical design, of the interior. The nave is of six bays, marked by marbled columns with egg and dart detailing, supporting a deep moulded entablature running its full length. It is lit from each side by triple clerestory windows in each bay and pairs of windows in each aisle bay, and at the west end by three vertical large windows. 

The ceiling is supported by steel trusses and timber rafters and purlins.
The entrance to the sanctuary is marked by a canted and flat-topped arch with volutes at the springing. The sanctuary is raised by three steps with a stone altar and side chapels to the north and south. The high altar is thrown into relief by a reredos panel, with a crucifix with vine detailing in high relief and marbled paintwork contained by an architrave; above is a segmental projecting canopy. The ceiling is painted pale blue with star motifs.

(taken from the Taking Stock website – https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/maltby-st-mary-magdalene/)

In the parish in modern times, a number of measures had to be taken to adapt to contemporary events. The Corona Virus pandemic of the early 2020s meant the church was in lockdown for many months before congregations were allowed back in, firstly in small numbers but eventually as full churches. In the intervening months, Mass via Zoom took place as other churches used Youtube and other social media platforms.

The economic crisis that followed meant that weekday services in St Mary Magdalene’s were moved oway from the church and into the parish room in an attempt to reduce the parish energy costs. Sunday Mass continued in church.

Late in 2022, a shortage of priests became critical across the Hallam diocese and with Father Andrew, the Nigerian Vincentian priest who had arrived in Maltby to help Father John, returning to Nigeria, the decision was taken to stop the midweek evening Masses in all three churches until such time as extra priests were again available.