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By 1782 the noise level from the activities of [[Billingsgate Fish Market]] had become unbearable and the large windows on the north side of the church were blocked up leaving only circular windows high up in the wall.<ref>''St Magnus the Martyr'', Wittich, J.: London, 1994</ref> The parapet and pediment above the north aisle door were probably removed at the same time.<ref>Simon Bradley and Nikolaus Pevsner, ''London: The City Churches''|page=2002</ref> At some point between the 1760s and 1814 the present [[clerestory]] was constructed with its oval windows and fluted and coffered plasterwork.<ref>''London 1: The City of London'', Pevsner, N. and Bradley, S., p. 232: London, 1997 {{ISBN|0-14-071092-2}}</ref> [[J. M. W. Turner]] painted the church in the mid-1790s.<ref>See [http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-london-bridge-with-the-monument-and-the-church-of-st-magnus-king-and-martyr-d00696 London Bridge, with the Monument and the Church of St Magnus]</ref>
The rector of St Magnus between 1792 and 1808, following the death of Robert Gibson on 28 July 1791,<ref>''The Times'', 2 August 1791</ref> was [[Thomas Rennell]] FRS. Rennell was President of [[Sion College]] in 1806/07. There is a monument to Thomas Leigh (Rector 1808–48 and President of [[Sion College]] 1829/30),<ref>''London Parishes; containing the situation, antiquity, and rebuilding of the Churches within the Bills of Mortality'': London, 1824 See [https://books.google.com/books?id=uRIHAAAAQAAJ&q=london+parishes+containing+an+account+of+the+Rise,+corruption+and+reformation+of+the+church+of+england London Parishes]</ref> at St Peter's Church, [[Goldhanger]] in Essex.<ref>See [http://www.essexchurches.info/church.asp?p=Goldhanger Monumental inscription]</ref> Richard Hazard (1761–1837) was connected with the church as sexton, parish clerk and ward beadle for nearly 50 years<ref>''The churches of London'', Vol, II, Godwin, G, and Britton, J.: London, 1838</ref> and served as Master of the Parish Clerks' Company in 1831/32.<ref>''The Parish Clerks of London'', Adams, R.H.: Phillimore, London and Chichester, 1971</ref>
In 1825 the church was "repaired and beautified at a very considerable expense. During the reparation the east window, which had been closed, was restored, and the interior of the fabric conformed to the state in which it was left by its great architect, Sir Christopher Wren. The magnificent organ ... was taken down and rebuilt by Mr Parsons, and re-opened, with the church, on the 12th February, 1826".<ref>''The year book of daily recreation and information'', Hone, William: London, 1832</ref> Unfortunately, as a contemporary writer records, "On the night of the 31st of July, 1827, [the church's] safety was threatened by the great fire which consumed the adjacent warehouses, and it is perhaps owing to the strenuous and praiseworthy exertions of the firemen, that the structure exists at present. ... divine service was suspended and not resumed until the 20th January 1828. In the interval the church received such tasteful and elegant decorations, that it may now compete with any church in the metropolis."<ref>''The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent'', Vol. 3, Allen, T.: London, 1828</ref>
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