The Cathedrals of England and Wales : their history, architecture, and associations ; with a series of Rembrandt plates and many illustrations in the text (1906)
London ; New York : Cassell · leaf 108
Sir Gilbert Scott inspected the church, he found it to be seriouslydilapidated ; and between 1864, when the work was commenced, and1874, when it was completed, a restoration, marked by characteristicrigour and vigour, was carried out under his direction, at a totalcost of £35,000. This included,… … VIEW FROM THE NORTH-EAST. ceiling, the removal of the galleries and of the organ screen, and —a hardly less obvious improvement—the rearrangement of the hundreds ofmemorials, which were now all placed beneath the string-course thatruns below the windows of the aisles. Since then the exterior has…
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