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82 NOTES ON HOPE CHURCH. 
pinnacles erected on every part of the building. These changes 
were made in the chancel as well as in the body of the church, 
a flat roof and parapets taking the place of the higher roof with 
eaves. 
In the beginning of the 17th century repairs were carried out 
in the chancel and elsewhere; the eastern buttresses are of 
this date and the upper part of the chancel pinnacles. There 
was a good deal of woodwork introduced at the same time. 
Internally, the chancel is peculiar from its length and from 
the unusual pattern of the window tracery. The windows in 
the side walls are placed towards the east and west ends, leaving 
a blank in the centre. The sedilia are plain but of good charac- 
ter, and by their arrangement in three levels probably show the 
position of the ancient steps. 
The roof, which I had opened in two places, seems to be 
in very good condition, except the wall plates, which as usual 
have decayed; no doubt a portion of the rafters, too, require 
renewal or splicing: The present roof has one objection from 
its cutting off the extreme point of the east window and falling 
below the top of the chancel arch. 
The side walls are a good deal out of the perpendicular, and 
appear to be badly constructed, being built for the most part 
of small and short stones. In this it differs from the remainder 
of the church, which is all faced with square ashlar. The plans, 
which have been prepared by Mr. Abbott, provide for a com- 
plete reconstruction of the chancel. The walls are to be taken 
down and rebuilt. The windows are to be new, the old patterns 
of tracery being followed, but their positions are altered, except 
the east window. 
The sedilia is to be re-used, but its three seats are to be 
brought to one level, and it is to be moved further east. The 
battlements are to be done away with, and a high roof of 
pitch-pine substituted for the present flat oak roof. 
The floor levels are also changed, three steps being placed 
at the entrance of the chancel instead of one; and those steps 
which exist at the east end, and which, from their agreeing with 
