 Although it was then seen as an Anglo-Catholic parish, the inside walls of the church are now bare and whitewashed, due to the efforts of the squire of the day, Colonel Batt, who was a determined Protestant, while his parish priest was an Anglo-Catholic.The Colonel demanded that all high church decorations be removed, the clergyman refused, and Batt took the matter to a consistory court and won.The case became famous, but it was one of the last of its kind.