Wilkins then summoned the architect Lewis Nockalls Cottingham to survey the fabric, and Cottingham implemented a scheme to prop up the tower with scaffolding while the tower piers were repaired. By selecting Cottingham, Wilkins is credited with saving St. Mary's medieval fabric, rather than submitting to a project to rebuild the church. He was also responsible for the construction of two churches out of St. Mary's parish.
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