Strange I cant find any ref to repairs etc.
I could not find anything on repairs either. Which was odd as I would have expected publicity around a funding drive for repairs? Perhaps looking in other local newspapers could turn up something? Especially now we have a firm starting date.
I would not rule out an issue with the newspaper reports being over-sensational. It's a big problem with reporters nowadays whilst articles of 100 years ago seem quite dry by comparison. I would note that those articles are copied word for word across the nations papers so an error there is possible as they could be based on one mistaken hack.
However, I doubt that a source like Historic England would base their declaration of a 1915 build on an internet search of old newspapers. You'd have thought that while examining the church, archaeologists may have come across some paperwork there? An inscription or builders marks in the spire perhaps? Worth a look up there?