d and lighted.
4. Many stained windows have been inserted in the Choir.
5. The fourth large window in the Octagon has been filled
with painted glass.
6. The foundation of the south side of the Choir and the
south-eastern Transept have been underpinned and thoroughly
repaired.
7. The great Western Tower has been braced with iron bands,
and, it is believed, effectually secured.
8. The stone pulpit in the Octagon has been erected.
9. Many figures in wood have been placed on the Choir
screen, the decoration of which is now completed.
10. Nine stone figures have been placed in the ancient
niches in the Octagon; three more are needed to complete the
design.
11. The whole of the carved panels over the stalls in the
Choir have been completed.
* * * * *
Several works still remain to be effected before the restoration can
be considered as complete.
1. The paving of the Octagon and Transepts. The cost of the
paving of the Nave has much exceeded the sum anticipated.
The completion of this work will cost from L1000 to L2000
additional.
2. The re-paving of the aisles of the Choir, a work of no
pressing importance at present, but which will demand great
care and consideration whenever it is undertaken.
3. The decoration of the blank space of wall beneath the
great East Window, on which there remain some traces of
painted figures. If these are found too faint and uncertain
for restoration, the space might perhaps be covered with a
copy of some appropriate painting in mosaic.
4. The restoration of the exterior of the east end of the
Choir. Window shafts to the number of about fifty have
disappeared or are broken. The south-east angle turret has
been crowned with a pinnacle, but the corresponding turret
at the north-east still remains truncated. In the eastern
face of the Choir there are twelve niches, which probably
were once all filled with figures.
5. The restoration of the Galilee is still very incomplete.
The shafts of Purbeck marble, which are so numerous
throughout it, require to be repaired or replaced. The
niches in the west face, intended for figures, are all
empty.
6. The pitch of the roof of the Galilee and of the
south-western Transept ought to be r
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