By C. E. Ponting, F.S.A. 177 
The following extract from the architect’s report indicates the 
spirit in which the work has been carried out :— 
“Tt is of the greatest importance that this beautiful and historical 
specimen of the work of two periods of architecture—wholly 
distinct, but both equally interesting—should be handled with the 
greatest care, and irrevocable injury might be done to it by careless 
or unsympathetic treatment. The old stonework should be pre- 
served intact wherever sound, however small may be the fragments ; 
all loose parts should be re-set, and all the old fragments which 
can be found restored to their original positions. Any renewals 
should be made with a faithful regard to the spirit of the old work, 
and they should be confined to the separate features which have 
been broken off and have disappeared as described in detail above, 
and on no account should old stonework be interfered with, because 
it is weatherworn or decayed on the surface, so long as it is capable 
of fulfilling its purpose in supporting the fabric, and the greatest 
care must be observed in repairing it not to scratch the original 
surface.” 
A great point was made of preserving Mr. Hoare’s central core 
of the lower stage intact, as evidence of that period of the history 
of the Cross, rather than carry out a conjectural restoration of the 
central shaft. 
The view accompanying this is reproduced from a photograph 
taken in January, 1895, immediately on the completion of the 
work. 
