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the heart of its foundress, Sybilla de Glanville. Very 

 beautifully it has been restored, both architect and 

 mason having dealt reverently with the ancient walls. 

 The plaster coating has been removed, and reveals the 

 flintwork both on the exterior and the interior, and 

 the effect is admirable. The stonework of the windows 

 has been removed where defective, but this, happily, 

 has not been found necessary to any great extent. 

 The roof has been replaced exactly on the old pattern, 

 with large moulded beams of oak grown in the neigh- 

 bourhood, four of which extend right across the build- 

 ing, and had to be hollowed out in the centre ; and 

 the panels having been boarded with cedar, the appear- 

 ance is both novel and pleasing. The ancient altar 

 slab of rough Purbeck marble having been found 

 in the floor, was restored to its place of honour 

 under the east window, and set upon two pillars of 

 Ham Hill stone. The beautiful Decorated piscina, 

 with its shelf under an ogee canopy, has been cleaned, 

 and forms one of the prettiest features in the building. 

 Underneath it is a curious corbel head. The hagio- 

 scope, which gave a view of the high altar from this 

 building, is exceedingly curious, and we are told has 

 no parallel in any other church. Into it leads a 

 smaller hagioscope, from under the chantry arch. 

 This also has received the renovation necessary to its 

 condition. The east window has been filled with 

 stained glass, by Messrs. Lavers, Burraud and West- 

 lake ; and the colours are exceedingly good. The 



