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… down and re-erection with the old stones in their proper order of the transept arch; and a new roof was found to be necessary on the transept, deal being used for this partly on account of the costliness of oak and partly because the old roof was composed of various ordinary timber.  The Vestry was an entirely new feature, an entrance being made through the east wall of the transept, the monument to William Jarrett having to be removed for the purpose, and it was re-erected on the north wall of the nave.  A portion of the north wall of the chancel had to be taken down and an arch formed under which the organ now stands, this rendered necessary the removal of the sadly mutilated Holy Monument somewhat further to the east.  The small window taken out of this wall was built into the east wall of the vestry, and the finial from the apex of the masonry forming the east end of the nave was placed on the apex of the east gable of the vestry.  The chancel floor, formerly level with that of the nave, was raised one step above it, and two more steps at the altar rails.  The chancel arch is entirely new, no traces of any former arch were to be found, it superseded a feeble and unsafe curved wooden structure which alone supported the stone gable, plaster and woodwork above.  The window next the nave in the south wall of the chancel was supplied with a surmounting arch in stone in place of the old wood lintel.  The oak choir stalls were entirely new, and the cost of carving the same was …