The present church; built on an ancient site; achieved its present form c. 1553; though it includes 14th-century arches. Twelve consecration crosses outside and nine inside were found in 1915. A recumbent white marble carving of the Poet Laureate Robert Southey; by J.G. Lough; bears an epitaph written by William Wordsworth. The church was restored as part of the memorial to Southey by Sir George Gilbert Scott; and the Baptistry is a memorial to Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley; Vicar of St Kentigern's for 34 years; founder of the National Trust; lifelong friend of John Ruskin and mentor to a young Beatrix Potter.