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(Being the Mansel-Phvdell Prize Essay for igog.J 



By JEM FEACEY. 



HE following essay is accompanied by a plan of the 

 church as existing in the year A.D. 1906, and also 

 by a series of sketches done on the spot. 



The smells from the wood joists and floor of 

 St. George's having become most objectionable 

 and injurious to health, it was decided to remove 

 the decayed flooring, and this was done in the 

 month of October, 1907. 



It was further decided to lower the floor of the 

 church, and for this purpose, after the removal of the sittings and 

 floor, a certain amount of excavation over the surface was 

 necessary. Excavation for foundations required for pillars and 

 responds to a proposed new north nave arcade were also carried 

 out and concrete put in, and the underpinning of the three semi- 

 Norman piers taken in hand. The result of this work was most 



