The Cathedrals of England And Wales volume 1

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The Cathedrals of England And Wales volume 1
Thomas Francis Bumpus
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Mr Stewart, and with the occasional advice of Mr Basevi.
To see the octagon utilised for public worship was Dean Peacock's earnest wish. With this object he invited Sir Gilbert Scott to prepare designs for the redistribution of the choral fittings, and these, when exhibited at the Royal Academy of 1848, excited great admiration, as much for their richness and splendour, as for their originality of conception. Indeed, when we remember they were made nearly sixty years ago, when experience was ve
...ry young, they must be considered truly wonderful. Continental cathedral choirs may be more imposing as regards their architectural proportions, but I cannot recall 94 CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND one so thoroughly devotional in all its ritual arrange- ments as that of Ely.
The works of Northwold and Hotham had been so maltreated at different times during the preceding three centuries, particularly the presbytery, whose beautiful Purbeck marble had been bedaubed again and again with that Hanoverian panacea for all ills whitewash that fully four years were occupied in setting matters right.


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