Boyce, and in 1853–1856 by Edward Ashworth of Exeter.

The church was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "a gorgeously ostentatious display of civic pride".

[1] The building was designated as Grade I listed in 1952.

There have been subsequent modifications by Andrews and Shirland (1711), John Snetzler (1770), Henry Willis (1867) and Noel Mander (1967).

[3] The church is noted as being the location of the first performance of Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" which was performed by Samuel Reay at the wedding of Dorothy Carew and Tom Daniel on 2 June 1847.