The first Vicar was William Wright Butlin (1814-1902), and he held office for 50 years from 1846-1896. He was followed by Canon James Sims Carah, Vicar from 1896 to 1935. He began the process of the enrichment of the building as we know it today. During the course of the next 40 years the Church, which consisted of nave, chancel, north aisle and vestry and which was very barely furnished with deal pews, was transformed with the introduction of carving, gilding, marble and many elegant fittings. All this under the inspiration of the Canon Carah, who was a great antiquarian and a leading figure in the Old Cornwall Movement. Some £3000 was spent between 1896 and 1935, a huge sum by the reckoning of those days. Some items were even brought over from the continent