NOTES ON HOPE CHURCH. 99 
the very first chancel, the mass of whose small stone walling had 
been suffered to remain. The Decorated roof had added a 
considerable share ; nor had the mischief wholly ceased afterwards, 
_ probably from the culpable habit of making graves close to the 
wall. And the foundation of the first choir wall had perhaps not 
reached down toa solid foundation. On, however, testing the 
worst places on both sides and the face of the worst buttress, it 
was fou id that the very worst bit was about seven inches or so over; 
but a great part was but to small amounts. The above dimension 
was not only at the very worst possible place, but also in the 
whole height of the wall. There was, however, no real danger to 
the structure, had proper remedies been applied, by providing 
that the whole walls of the chancel should have been very care- 
fully underpinned, excavations for such purpose to have gone to a 
solid bottom, and extended one foot six inches under walls. To 
have been executed in short lengths of five to seven feet at a 
time, commencing simultaneously at extreme points, and filling in 
with a first deposit of a bed of concrete, two feet six inches deep, 
and extending forward at least in front of old wall to the extent at 
base of not less than one foot nine inches, composed of clean 
gravel and cement, or strong hydraulic lime. The space above 
_ to be carefully built up with flat, broad rough stone, laid in 
cement to a slight batter, so as to finish at top, not less in 
_ projection than nine inches before plinth of wall, and also of the 
later buttresses, under which, of course, the concrete, etc., should 
also be laid, and the stone work built. 
No. 2.—Cracks in east walli—These arose from the former 
cause, in a principal sense, but have received damage by the line 
of thrust of the upper part of east gable, being now of course 
passing at a lower angle. T& remedy them ata former time, 
the Chapter of Lichfield appears to have had the old diagonal 
buttresses at the two angles taken down and rebuilt. But 
unfortunately this had not been done properly, neither fresh 
foundations of a proper sort, nor large bonding stones connecting 
the new work to the old wall, as it ought to have been done, appear 
© have been used ; though the buttresses ¢remse/ves appear fairly 
