ches, substituted for it as a reredos.
During these alterations it was discovered that the stone wall
(erected by de Walden) between the wooden altar-piece and the
original apse, was painted in bright red tempera, sprinkled
with black stars. $$ The above-mentioned letters are attributed
to Mr. John Carter, but are merely signed by "An Architect."

[16] It would probably be unfair to infer any unusual neglect
in spiritual matters from the architectural conditions. In
Paterson's "Pietas Londinensis" there is a list of public
services at many London churches, as held in the early part of
the eighteenth century. The services at St.
Bartholomew-the-Great are there quoted as "Daily in the last
week in the month at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.," and at St.
Bartholomew-the-Less as "Daily at 11 a.m."

[17] It should be stated that the fringe factory had covered
the remains of the crypt and Lady Chapel, besides projecting
some twenty feet into the east end of the church. The
architects for these earlier restorations were Professor Hayter
Lewis and Mr. Slater, who deserve credit for their careful
preservation of the old work.

[18] The obstruction on the south side of the triforium has
been already mentioned. The northern side was used for the
parochial boys' school for many years down to 1892, when the
scholars were transferred to the new schools built for them
adjoining the church.

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[Illustration: THE PRIORY CHURCH FROM THE WEST
_E. Scamell. Photo._]

[Illustration: VIEW FROM THE WEST
_From a print of 1810_
_W. Pearson del. W. Preston sc._]

CHAPTER II

THE EXTERIOR

The church lies in a general east and west direction, and, at the
present day, consists of the Choir and encircling Ambulatory, Lady
Chapel, north and south Transepts, with the lower stage of the central
Tower, one bay of the ancient Nave, three bays of the Cloister, and a
seventeenth-century brick Tower--the whole hidden behind the houses, in
an obscure corner of West Smithfield, by no means easy for a stranger to
discover. It will be well for him, therefore, in the first place, to
make his way to the better known buildings of St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, and then walk across the open square, between them and
Smithfield Market, to its eastern side, where he will f