It was re-modelled in 1876-7 to the plans of Clark of Newmarket, Gilbert Scott having been consulted on the plan in 1864, in a neo-Norman style, and resulted in the addition of a south aisle, now the "Fortescue Chapel", and chancel in the form of an apse.
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To the left the brass depicts Sir Bernard Drake (died 1586), who erected the now lost monument to his brother-in-law Richard Fortescue (died 1570) who is depicted in the brass on the right.
The Earl founded at the same time Filleigh School, near his mansion of Castle Hill, Filleigh.
This was built in 1992 by Lady Margaret Fortescue, on the site of the former Sham Village, in memory of her only brother Viscount Ebrington, who was killed in action with the Royal Scots Greys at the Battle of El Alamein in Egypt, in 1942, aged 21, and whose mural memorial marble tablet can be seen in the Fortescue Chapel in Filleigh Church.