In the early 1950s, the Rector, the Revd Robert Brown leads a fundraising campaign to raise £3,000 (approximately £72,000 in today’s money) to carry out restoration work on the decaying church building, as well as a re-ordering of the east end of the church. In 1958, as work begins on replacing the lead of the nave roof with copper, a major problem is uncovered: the medieval roof is riddled with dry rot and must be entirely replaced at an extra cost of £1,500. The fundraising continues, and the work of restoration and the re-ordering of the east end are completed by the autumn of 1960.
