. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. BLACKBURN HUNDRED WHALLEY century, for to that period the greater part of the present building belongs, including the chancel, nave with the south aisles of each, south porch and west tower. Some work was probably carried out in the 17th century, the porch, if not rebuilt, having been most likely then repaired, and in the 18th century the interior appears to have been filled with square pews and to have assumed more or less the appearance which it held till about fifty years ago. In 1733 a gallery was erected at the west end,
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. BLACKBURN HUNDRED WHALLEY century, for to that period the greater part of the present building belongs, including the chancel, nave with the south aisles of each, south porch and west tower. Some work was probably carried out in the 17th century, the porch, if not rebuilt, having been most likely then repaired, and in the 18th century the interior appears to have been filled with square pews and to have assumed more or less the appearance which it held till about fifty years ago. In 1733 a gallery was erected at the west end, and the eastern- most window of the south nave aisle was rebuilt,'^" and in 1765 a flat plaster ceiling was erected. In 1815 the middle pier of the north arcade of the nave gave way and had to be taken down and rebuilt.'" This occasioned so considerable a declension of the other piers that they had to be underpinned and a new base of strong masonry built up from the rock ;' The church was at that time pronounced attacked the fabric while the restoration was in progress.⢠In the following year, 1816, the Banastre chapel on the north side of the chancel was repaired, but otherwise nothing seems to have been done to the building till 1856-7, when a further and more extensive restoration took place. The west gallery, which contained the organ, was then taken down, the flat ceiling removed, exposing the original 16th- century roof, the tower arch opened out and various repairs done to the tower, including the forming of the ringing chamber and clock room. The nave was reseated with modern seats, but the square pews were allowed to remain in the chancel and chancel aisles. The chief work, however, consisted in the pulling down and rebuilding of the north aisle of the nave, which was increased in width from 13 ft. to 25 ft. and covered with a high gabled roof. This new aisle, which was in a very plain Gothic style with VV-V'.-.:P°iV.:-.';''.v-?^°^i^.';.^
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