 Simon Jenkins, in his "England's Thousand Best Churches", describes the spire as "one of the finest in a county famous for spires" Two restorations took place during the 19th century, but both seem to have been sympathetically performed.The tower contains a ring of ten bells, the previous eight having been restored and rehung in a new frame, together with two new bells, in 2014 by John Taylor & Co, Loughborough, the project marking the 600th anniversary of Henry Chichele's consecration as Archbishop of Canterbury.167 full peals were rung on the eight bells and twenty six have now been rung on the ten, one being in a new "method", Regnum Diutissime ("the longest reign") Delight Royal in honour of the Queen having become the longest-reigning British monarch.