Complex sentence: Blakey raised funds for the building of a new church, the structure which stands on the same plot of land today, and this was begun in 1876 to a design drawn up by Joseph Clarke, who was surveyor for the diocese of Canterbury at the time.
Split into simpler sentences: Blakey raised funds for the building of a new church, and this is the structure which stands on the same plot of land today. It was begun in 1876 to a design drawn up by Joseph Clarke, who was surveyor for the diocese of Canterbury at the time.