An anchorite building was erected at the west end in the fifteenth century and a squint made through the wall so that Emma Raughton could observe and hear the Mass being said.

The church was restored between 1866 and 1867 by JB and W Atkinson of York, which included the rebuilding of the south aisle wall, the addition of a porch and a vestry, half of the roof being replaced, new seating provided throughout, the pillars and walls scraped, and a new organ provided[3] The masonry work was done by Mr Brumby of Skeldergate, the carpentry by Mr Dennison, the plumbing and glazing by Messrs Hodgson and the painting by Mr Lee of Gillygate.

Beginning in the early 1930s, Brother Walter Wilman inhabited the cell as anchorite and sacristan for the Parish.

[1] Perhaps the most famous is that depicting scenes from the Fifteen Signs before Doomsday accompanied by verse from the Prick of Conscience dating from c. 1410.

[10] From the north aisle, the windows are The pipe organ was built by Forster and Andrews and dates from 1867.