 Bit by bit, the provostry church fell into disrepair, and the unused nave was even used from the time of the French Revolution as a quarry.Eventually only the crossing with the crossing tower and the quire with the apses were left standing, and even those were threatening to fall down.As to the question of whether the rest of the building should be torn down or renovated, it was decided in 1894 that the latter was preferable.