The whole church was later rebuilt in the Perpendicular style, except for the tower, which was refaced and increased in height at the same time.

[5] As it stood in the early 19th century, the body of the church consisted of the nave and chancel, with an aisle on the north side only, the latest part of the building.

Philip Browne, writing in 1814, said that despite its ancient foundation "the present building has a modern appearance", adding that "the inside is very neat, but has no monumental inscriptions.

[2] All that now survives of St Benedict's is the tower, surrounded by a residential development built in 1976.

But that did not have to be on the same spot, and the Church of England claimed for a new St Benedict's, which was put in the middle of the Gunton housing estate in Lowestoft, Suffolk.