A fine new organ built by John Snetzler, a Swiss organ-builder living in London was installed above the rood screen, largely at the expense of the Earl of Powys.

The building, however, was in poor repair.  Heating was inadequate.  Pools of water filled broken stones of the chancel during cold winters.  The porch was little better than a ruin.  Many windows had lost their tracery  or were partly filled with stone.