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ford Chapel, and there is also a fragment of a wall plate which 

 show the extent of decay that had taken place. 



Wherever the wood was as bad as these we have replaced with 

 English oak all the decayed portions, but those beams and panels 

 which were only decayed to a moderate extent have been backed 

 up with other wood-work and refixed. 



A large amount of the oak used in reparing the old roof, came 

 from the old belfry beams of Colerne Church, and the colour and 

 age are thus very nearly equal to the original roof timbers. 



As regards surface treatment the only thing done has been 

 to brush off the dirt and coat the old and new timber with 

 linseed oil. 



I should like now to direct your attention to the drawing of the 

 roof of the Hungerford Chapel which is ^-th of full size. The 

 Eastern half you will see is very richly coloured and the carved 

 bosses gilt. It had not been intended by us at first to attempt 

 making good the colours and gilding on the new work owing to 

 want of funds, but thanks to a liberal gift from the Rev. Mr. 

 Horton the Vicar, and the personal labour of my partner Mr, 

 Gill, we have been able to do so. 



The greatest possible care was taken to preserve the old 

 colouring untouched, and it was only where the new oak was 

 inserted that the colouring was continued out to correspond with 

 tlie old. You will notice that there are four shields of arms 

 supposed to belong to branches of the Hungerford family or their 

 connections. Canon Jackson writes under date of 15 th of 

 November 1879, to the effect that the Hungerford's at Wellow 

 were a junior branch of the principal family at Farley, and that 

 the dexter side of the central shield were of the Hungerford's, 

 those on the sinister side he could not find what family they 

 belonged to. At Farleigh Castle there is a shield with the 2nd 

 and 3rd quarters argent, 3 lozenges vert,* the shields " azure a 



• At Wellow the lozenges are " Or" on a ground which has been obliterated 

 and only now shows a yellowish tint, probably only a preparatory coat of paint. 

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