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-The Project Gutenberg eBook, Remarks upon the proposed destruction of the
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-Title: Remarks upon the proposed destruction of the tower of the Parish Church of St. John, Hampstead
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-                                 REMARKS
-                                   UPON
-                               THE PROPOSED
-                       DESTRUCTION OF THE TOWER OF
-                            THE PARISH CHURCH,
-
-
-                               OF ST. JOHN,
-
-                                HAMPSTEAD,
-
-                                  BEING
-
-                                 A LETTER
-
-                               ADDRESSED TO
-
-                    THE REVD SHERRARD B. BURNABY, M.A.
-                           VICAR OF HAMPSTEAD.
-
-                                    BY
-                        GEORGE GILBERT SCOTT, M.A.
-             _Sometime Fellow of Jesus College_, _Cambridge_.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                                                           26, CHURCH ROW,
-                                                                HAMPSTEAD.
-                                                        _May_ 1_st_, 1874.
-
-MY DEAR MR. VICAR,
-
-Will you permit me to address to you, and through you to others, some
-remarks upon the subject of the Restoration of our Parish Church.
-
-Such a request needs I think no apology.  As a parishioner I cannot be
-indifferent to such a question.  As an architect, whose attention has
-been directed professionally to the subject for more than two years, I
-may fairly ask a hearing.  Did I need a further excuse the address at the
-head of this letter would supply it.  Living as I do, and, please God,
-shall do for many years, almost under the shade of the Parish Church, and
-having it before my eyes continually, I have every opportunity of coming
-to a clear opinion upon the matter, and every motive to form a sound one.
-
-The movement of public opinion which issued in the invitation to certain
-architects to submit in competition designs for the restoration of the
-building had two sources.
-
-The existing arrangements of the church are not in accordance with the
-improved ecclesiastical taste of the present day.  The high pews which
-encumber the interior, the galleries which disfigure its really fine
-proportions, the cramped space about the holy table, the unsightly
-reading desk, the absence of any proper chancel, and of any conveniences
-for a well-conducted choir, shock the taste and offend the judgment of
-all well-informed churchmen.  It is probable however that this feeling
-would have failed to produce a general movement in favour of restoration
-had it not been aided by a fact, the force of which was apparent to every
-one.  I allude of course to the settlement of the Tower which had become
-serious as early as 1829.
-
-In that year Messrs. Vulliamy, Hardwick & Good were called in to report
-upon the state of the Tower.  Other reports were made in 1861, 1864, 1866
-and 1868.  The cracks which the subsidence of the Tower caused in those
-parts of the church which abut upon it, occasioned naturally considerable
-alarm, and the opinion became general that before long it would be
-necessary to take down the Tower to avoid a catastrophe.
-
-The scheme proposed early in 1872, for the “alteration and possibly
-enlargement of the Parish Church,” was the result of these two distinct
-impulses.
-
-The course which was adopted reflects great credit upon the Trustees.
-Instead of resorting to an open competition, three architects were
-invited to send in designs, and a proper remuneration was offered for the
-services of the unsuccessful competitors.  The Trustees deserve the
-thanks of the profession and of the public for so straightforward and
-honourable a course.  The scheme submitted to the competing architects
-involved three conditions: first, the need of improvement in the
-arrangements of the church; secondly, the necessity of taking down the
-Tower, assumed to be in a dangerous state; and thirdly, a limit of
-expenditure fixed at £6500.  For this sum it was required that a new
-Tower and spire should be erected, and a proper chancel be added to the
-existing nave terminating in an apse.
-
-I cannot forbear in passing to remark upon the good taste shown in the
-suggestion, contained in the instructions to the architects, that the new
-tower should occupy a central position over the new chancel.  Such a
-proposal shows a sound appreciation of the capabilities of the existing
-church and a regard for its surroundings, which augurs well for the
-future of the building.  I am astonished to find that one of the
-competitors should have disregarded so judicious a suggestion.
-
-I propose now to examine the three conditions which, as I have said, are
-assumed in the scheme of the trustees, and I shall endeavour to show that
-one of them is unfounded, and that two of them are mutually inconsistent.
-
-Of the necessity for an improvement in the arrangements of the church no
-one can be more thoroughly convinced than myself.  In spite of the care
-with which the services have been for many years conducted, the
-attendance at our Parish Church has always been a duty rather than a
-pleasure.  The inconvenience of the principal entrances to the church,
-placed as they are close to the very communion rails; the extreme
-difficulty of kneeling in the high and narrow pews in which seat-holders
-are now impounded; the position of the choir in the western gallery, in
-rear, instead of in face, of the congregation; the lofty reading desk,
-from which the prayers seem to be preached rather than prayed; the
-cramped space about the holy table by which the celebration of the
-Communion is rendered most inconvenient; the galleries which disfigure
-the interior, and destroy the sense of the oneness of the whole
-congregation; these and other defects are too obvious to need enforcing
-here.  The Trustees have wisely recognised their existence and their
-scheme is a proposal to remove them.  In this every member of the
-congregation will heartily support them.
-
-It is to the second point involved in their proposals that I wish to draw
-the attention of the parishioners—the assumed dangerous condition of the
-Tower.
-
-The Tower was erected with the church about a century and a quarter ago,
-and is not only of very good proportions but is remarkably well built.
-There is not a symptom of failure in it from top to bottom.  Careful and
-repeated examinations of it have convinced me that it is as sound as a
-bell throughout, and that at the present time it is in every respect in
-as good condition as when it was first completed.  Any person who takes
-the trouble to examine the building may see for himself that the cracks,
-which appear in the eastern part of the church, are not in the Tower
-itself, but only in the walls that abut upon it.  They are simply the
-result of the greater weight of the Tower, which has caused it to subside
-to a certain extent, and so to crack the walls of the church, and of the
-staircases, which being lighter, have undergone no settlement.
-
-The Tower has settled, but it has done so in one block.  No better proof
-could be given of the excellent workmanship and capital condition of the
-tower, than the fact that its subsidence has caused no fracture whatever,
-in the fabric of the tower itself.  The settlement is due to an
-exceptional cause, the decay of the planking on which its foundation are
-laid, but every old tower in the country has undergone similar movement
-from analogous causes.  These movements may not be so obvious to the
-unprofessional eye because, having generally occurred within a century or
-so of the erection of the towers, the cracks which they caused have long
-since been made good.  Subsidences of this kind come to an end after a
-certain time, the foundations take a solid bearing and no further
-movement from this cause can then arise.  The great tower of St. Nicholas
-church in Hamburg, upon the erection of which my father has been engaged
-for twenty years, though it is not yet completed, and though it stands
-upon one of the finest masses of concrete ever put in, has already
-subsided more than six inches.  Our Hampstead tower has gone down
-something less than three inches.  I need scarcely say that it is not
-proposed to pull down the tower of St. Nicholas on account of its six
-inches subsidence.  Why then should our Hampstead church be condemned.
-
-The Tower is of excellent proportion and outline.  It is a very
-interesting and characteristic example of its date, and forms with the
-adjacent buildings in Church Row an almost unique group of 18th century
-architecture, of the greatest interest not only to the architect and the
-artist, but also to every person of taste and discrimination.  No reason
-exists for its removal which would not condemn to destruction half the
-old churches in the country.  To pull it down would be an act of needless
-vandalism.  It is associated with the earliest recollections of those
-who, like myself, have known Hampstead from their childhood, and it is
-the one public building of any antiquity which our township possesses.
-To do away with it is to destroy a piece of good work which, if left to
-itself, will endure for centuries, and to incur the perfectly needless
-and heavy expense of erecting a new tower.
-
-The cause of the settlement of the Tower is, as I have stated, the decay
-of the timber planking upon which its foundations are laid.  This has
-taken place to a greater extent upon the west side than upon the east.
-The consequence of this has been to give the Tower a slight inclination
-westward.  In 1868, Mr. Hesketh and my father were instructed by the
-Trustees to examine the foundations.  They found that the planking had
-entirely perished upon the western side, and that the foundations in this
-part rested upon the natural soil, which is a compact loam.  Upon the
-eastern side a thickness of 2½ inches of planking still remained, only
-partially decayed.  The report which the architects made at that time
-stated, that it was probable that the planking under the eastern side
-would gradually perish, and that as this took place the Tower would
-settle down upon the eastern side until it rested upon the loam.  The
-perpendicular position would thus be gradually restored, and no further
-movement would then occur.  I have recently plumbed the Tower myself, and
-I find that this conjecture is borne out by the result of my
-measurements.  The inclination of the Tower westward has _decreased_ from
-seven inches in 1868 to from four to five inches at the present time,
-thus affording a proof of the soundness of the conclusion arrived at by
-Mr. Heskett and my father six years ago.  I give in a tabular form the
-results of the observations made upon the Tower at different dates, by
-which it will be seen that the inclination of the Tower has decreased
-steadily since 1829. {7}
-
-                            1829      1861        1864          1866        1868        1874
-Inclination westward in        10″       6⅝″           7¼″           7¼″        7″     4¼″ to 5″
-height of 78 feet
-Excess of subsidence on        2½″       1⅝″      1¾″ full      1¾″ full       1¾″    1⅛″ to 1¼″
-west side over that on
-east, causing the
-westward inclination
-
-It will appear from this that from 1¼″ to 1⅛″ thickness of planking
-remains still undecayed under the eastern foundations.  At the present
-rate of movement, therefore, the decay will be complete in about six
-years time.  The Tower will then have resumed its perpendicular position,
-and no further settlement need be anticipated.  Even at the present time
-the inclination is less than the amount of the set-off of the Tower,
-without taking into account the spreading of the foundations.  The top of
-the Tower, therefore, stands well within its base, and the apprehension
-of any sort of danger is absolutely unfounded.
-
-There exists, therefore, no excuse whatever for destroying our Tower.
-
-The second point to which I wish to draw attention is the important one
-of expense.
-
-The proposals of the Trustees are quite inconsistent with the limit of
-expenditure which they have fixed.
-
-The scheme which has been put forward includes not only a new Tower, but
-also a new chancel, terminating in an apse,—the addition of transepts—the
-removal or extensive modification of the galleries—the erection of new
-staircases, and convenient vestries for clergy and choir—the construction
-of proper covered approaches—the reseating of the whole of the church—the
-decoration of the interior, and a re-arrangement of the warming and
-gas-lighting.  To suppose that this grand scheme can be carried out for
-£6500, “including professional and other charges,” at the present price
-of work in the building trades is simply absurd.  It reminds one of a
-story told of the late Mr. Pugin.  A Roman Catholic Bishop is said to
-have written to the architect, ordering designs for a cathedral complete
-in every respect, and furnished with all the necessary paraphernalia of
-worship, which the bishop was careful to particularise.  The total cost
-was not to exceed two thousand pounds, but the bishop stated that he did
-not expect the completion of the two western towers to be included in
-this amount.  Mr. Pugin’s reply was to this effect, “My dear Lord
-Bishop,—Make it guineas and have the towers.”  The present proposal is
-almost as absurd to anyone who knows the price of building work at the
-present time.  If a perfectly substantial tower is to be destroyed it
-will be an absolute duty to replace it by one of higher character, and
-larger proportions, the cost of which could not fall short of £4000, and
-would probably reach a much higher figure.  To carry out properly the
-scheme of the Trustees, a sum would be required which would be nearer
-£12,000 than £6000.
-
-Is it fair to saddle the Parish with such an expenditure, the greater
-part of which is entirely needless?  For the really necessary alterations
-of our church, the funds which the Trustees have at their disposal will
-suffice, if judiciously laid out.  Should more be really needed, the
-parishioners will not be backward in supporting so good a work.  But it
-seems very unfair to us, to force upon us a scheme, which involves a
-perfectly unnecessary outlay, a very large proportion of which will have
-to be met by the voluntary contributions of the parishioners.  What is
-really required we shall all, I am sure, be willing to contribute to, but
-we ought not to be asked to provide large sums to carry out works which
-are quite unnecessary, and which those of us, whose knowledge and taste
-give them a right to an opinion, would sincerely deplore.
-
-Were our Tower an old Gothic one, even of the least interesting date, the
-proposal to sweep it away would be scouted at once as utter barbarism.
-Those whose attention is directed to architecture and art know very well,
-that such work as the last two centuries produced, has an interest and a
-value only second to that of the earlier styles.  There is a great
-movement of artistic feeling in favour of the architecture of the reigns
-of Queen Anne and the earlier Georges, and it would be quite intolerable
-that our Parish, which is so full of the associations of that period, and
-the home of so many artists and men of taste, should distinguish itself
-by an act of stupidity which would really be quite behind the age.
-
-It is common enough to hear people say “how ugly the Parish Church is,”
-“what frightful windows,” “how unecclesiastical,” “just like a
-meeting-house,” &c. &c.  To combat the prejudices of mere ignorance is
-always a difficult task, and such views are in reality nothing else.
-They are the opinions of average common-place, rendered plausible only by
-constant repetition.  The only portion of the church which can fairly be
-called ugly, is the exterior of the western transept, erected within our
-own memory.  The rest of the exterior is plain, only because the
-architect, having a limited sum at his command, wisely determined to
-spend the greatest portion of it upon his interior.  There would be no
-difficulty in embellishing the exterior with suitable architectural
-enrichments, if it be desired, and I think that some improvement might be
-effected in the parapet of the tower.  But the interior is really
-stately, and a person who does not see how vastly superior its effect is,
-to that of the generality of our new churches in dignity and refinement,
-must be singularly deficient in artistic discrimination.  The notion that
-a church must necessarily be Gothic, is a mere caricature of that
-reasonable admiration for mediæval work, which is felt by all men of
-taste.  It is only a shallow mind which, because it prefers Westminster
-Abbey, is blind to the merits of St. Paul’s.  I yield to no one in my
-love of mediæval art, but I recognise the merits of the really good work
-of all schools, and I simply cannot understand the dull and stupid
-prejudice which could propose to destroy an interesting and dignified
-building, and “to do away with an historical and artistic landmark, in
-order to substitute for it a church which would be undistinguishable from
-the crowd of common-place which this century is producing.”
-
-I have so great confidence in the sound sense of the Trustees, and in the
-affection of Hampstead people for the associations of our old Parish
-Church, that I feel sure it only needs that the facts should be put
-clearly before them, to ensure the adoption of a judiciously conservative
-course.
-
-There is one simple and sufficiently obvious plan by which the
-requirements of the case may be satisfactorily met.  It is most desirable
-to secure a properly arranged chancel.  To do this without loss of
-accommodation the church must be enlarged, but instead of adding to it
-toward the east, involving, as this does, the destruction of the Tower,
-and the costly expenditure of erecting a new one, the obvious thing is to
-extend it westward.
-
-There is ample space for such an enlargement, and there are at least two
-modes in which this may well be carried out.
-
-The simplest is to remove the galleries, or at least a portion of them,
-and to form a chancel by screening off the two eastern bays of the
-present nave, or even three if desired.  Many of our finest ancient
-churches has their chancels arranged upon this system.  I may mention, as
-well known examples, the churches of Grantham and Newark, and the noble
-church of St. Michael at Coventry.
-
-To provide for the loss of accommodation involved in the removal of the
-galleries and the formation of a proper chancel, the nave should be
-extended westward.  It will be found that the addition of a second
-western transept of the same size as the present one would give the
-required number of seats, and if thought desirable, a western aisle, or
-narthex, might be added beyond the new transept, giving an opportunity
-for a Baptistry in its correct position, and of effective design.
-
-This plan has the great advantage of interfering to the smallest possible
-extent with existing graves.  A certain portion of the ground required
-for this extension is already occupied by a terrace, and the fall of the
-ground is such, that the whole of the new work might be built on arches,
-or upon vaults enclosing the few interments which occur in that part of
-the church-yard.  If more room be required, the existing transept might
-be extended some 10 feet, north and south, without any interference with
-graves, and the new building would be widened by the same amount.
-
-This question of graves seems to me of the utmost importance, and it has
-not, apparently received the attention which it deserves.  This
-consideration, by itself, is fatal to the plan of an eastward extension
-of the church, the ground to the east of the building being perfectly
-full of interments.
-
-I have said that it might be necessary to retain a portion at least of
-the existing galleries.  I confess I should greatly deplore this
-necessity, and I doubt whether it really exists.
-
-The population of the district attached to the Parish Church is about
-7500.  The accommodation of the present church is nominally 1600, and
-this was the number which the competing architects were directed to
-provide for in their plans.  The actual accommodation of the church is,
-however, very much below this figure, and I do not believe that it ever
-really seats more than from 1200 to 1300.  Such a number at any rate is
-amply sufficient for the needs of the district, and this number could
-easily be provided for by the plan of extension which I have suggested,
-without any galleries whatever.  I need scarcely insist upon the great
-advantage to the proportions of the building and to the comfort of the
-congregation, which would be secured by the removal of all the galleries.
-
-Such a scheme as I have indicated may be carried out thoroughly well for
-the sum which the Trustees have at their disposal, and there would still
-be a margin left for such decorations and improvements as are needed in
-the body of the existing church.  Should funds be unexpectedly
-forthcoming for the erection of a really handsome tower, no finer
-position could be desired, than the centre of the west front of the
-addition which I have proposed.  The fall of the ground would give
-extraordinary dignity to a tower so placed.  It would have a most
-striking effect from Frognal, and the view of it on approaching Hampstead
-from the west, seen, as it would be, in conjunction with the existing
-eastern tower, would be something quite unusually fine.  Anyone
-possessing the sense of architectural effect, will see at once the great
-dignity and picturesqueness of such a group.  A tower worthy of such a
-position is no doubt beyond the means of the Trustees, but it would
-afford a fine opportunity for the private munificence of some one or more
-of our wealthy parishioners.
-
-If precedents be desired for such an arrangement of two towers, they will
-be found in Ely Cathedral, at Swaffham, and at Fakenham.  I may add that
-the organ would be placed in one of the aisles immediately behind the
-choir seats.
-
-This plan it will be observed utilises the _whole_ of the existing
-building, whereas that which has received the approval of the Trustees
-retains little of it beside the modern western transept.
-
-If those who are anxious for proper chancel arrangements should be
-dissatisfied with a Quire marked off by screens, there is another mode of
-extending the Church, by which a constructional chancel and the
-fashionable apse may be obtained.  I am, so far, however, from
-sympathising with this feeling, that in large town churches I distinctly
-prefer what may be termed the Basilican arrangement.  I consider that a
-chancel distinguished by a proper number of steps and by screens behind
-the stalls, is far preferable, in a town church, to one formed in the
-construction of the building, involving as this does massive piers,
-obstructive to sight and sound.  With a chancel constructed as the
-Trustees propose, the great majority of persons seated in the aisles will
-see little or nothing of the choir.  I consider this a very serious
-defect.  If the congregation is to sing with the choir, as we all desire,
-it is of the greatest importance that we should be able to see as well as
-hear.  For the real uses of a modern church the interior cannot be too
-unobstructed, and it seems to me a retrograde movement to attempt to
-convert a church, which, but for the galleries, is singularly open and
-thoroughly congregational, into one in which at least one third of the
-people would not see nearly so well as they do at present.
-
-Should, however, the opposite view unfortunately prevail, and a
-“constructional chancel” and an “apsidal termination” be decided on,
-there is no difficulty at all in providing for them upon the principle of
-a westward extension.
-
-I should propose in this case simply to reverse the church, and to place
-the new chancel and apse at the west end.  The tower would thus remain as
-it is, but I should advise that a central entrance should be formed
-through it, where the present vestry is.  A second tower might be erected
-if funds allow, over the new chancel, with all the advantages of position
-upon which I have already dwelt in describing the former plan.  Spacious
-vestries might be formed at the side of the new chancel, or if preferred,
-below it, for which the fall of the ground and the ascent to the chancel
-would give ample height.  A very fine effect might be obtained by
-ascending to the chancel in the centre and descending on either side to
-the vestries below.
-
-The only possible objection to this plan is one rather of prejudice than
-of knowledge.  It is thought by some persons that it is “incorrect” to
-place the holy table at the west end of a church instead of at the east.
-Now it is a singular fact, known to every ecclesiologist, that although
-from the earliest times churches have always been built east and west,
-yet the eastern position of the holy table is of late introduction.  The
-primitive arrangement, as exhibited in the Basilicas, places the holy
-table almost universally at the western end of the church, and the
-minister stood upon its western side facing the congregation.  Not only
-does this arrangement prevail in St. Peter’s, {13} and in almost all the
-other Basilicas at Rome, including the exceedingly early church recently
-brought to light beneath the Basilica of San Clemente, but it is found
-also, without I believe an exception, in the churches discovered in
-Eastern Syria by the Count de Voguè, the greater portion of which are
-earlier than the reign of Constantine.  It is the arrangement of the
-church of the Holy Sepulchre, and it must be considered to be the
-original type adopted by the Christian church before mediæval
-developments had interfered with the primitive idea.  A tradition of it
-still remains in many of the great German churches, which have a Quire
-and a High Altar at both ends of the church.  To come nearer home, there
-is at least one church in this parish built upon this plan.
-
-It would be difficult to find an objection to so venerable a tradition,
-but some persons, not very conversant with such matters, have a fancy of
-their own, that the graves in a church yard point toward the holy table,
-and upon this ground they object to its removal westward.
-
-A moment’s consideration will show that those graves which lie to the
-east of the church point away from the table, and that those in the
-extreme south of the church-yard can hardly be said to be directed
-towards the sanctuary, which is situated far to the north of them.
-
-The eastward direction of graves has nothing whatever to do with the
-position of the chancel.  It originated from a belief, which prevailed in
-very early times, that in His second Advent, our Lord would appear from
-the East, an opinion curiously enough founded upon the text of Matthew
-xxiv. 27. {14}  Whatever may be the value of this belief the custom is
-venerable, and no one would wish to interfere with it, but it has nothing
-whatever to do with the position of the chancel and holy table.  Indeed I
-ought to apologise, Mr. Vicar, for taking up time in the exposure of so
-obvious a blunder.
-
-This plan, without the second tower, would not be more expensive than the
-first one which I have described.  It meets the requirements of the case,
-provided the apse is a _sine qua non_, exceedingly well, and would
-provide all the accommodation which is really needed, without the
-retention of the galleries, and at a very moderate cost.  It has the
-further advantage of retaining the present approach to the church from
-the east, which, both from the lie of the ground, and the position of the
-chief part of our population, is the easiest and the most natural.
-
-I have now, I trust, succeeded in showing that the necessity for
-destroying our Tower, and with it a great portion of the present church,
-is purely imaginary.  There are, as I have explained, at least two
-methods, by which all that the Parish desires may be provided without
-this sacrifice, and for the money which the Trustees actually see their
-way to raise.  I have also explained that the luxury, for so it is, of a
-handsome tower capable of holding a fine peal of bells, may very well be
-obtained upon either of these plans.  Indeed the architectural effect of
-a church with two towers, as I have suggested, would be unusually fine,
-and either scheme would give a dignity to our church, beyond its real
-dimensions, and not unworthy of its admirable position.  I have only to
-add, that in either case the exterior of the nave should be enriched with
-a balustrade, with proper architraves to the windows, and with pilasters
-between them. {15}  Such a treatment would make the exterior worthy of
-the interior, and would in itself raise the whole character of the
-building at a very moderate expense.
-
-There is yet one other suggestion which I have to make before I conclude.
-
-Should funds be available, from some unexpected source, it may be a
-question whether it would not be better to erect an entirely new church,
-upon a new and more convenient site.  I should myself incline very
-strongly to this view, in the case I have supposed.
-
-It would be impossible to erect a large and handsome new church upon the
-site of the present one, without a most deplorable interference with
-numbers of interments, many of them of comparatively recent date.  The
-site too is not sufficiently central for the district now attached to the
-church, and it would not be difficult to find one in every way more
-suitable.
-
-In this case the old church would remain as a very serviceable chapel of
-ease.  The galleries might be removed, the pews cut down, and proper
-chancel arrangements introduced at a very small cost.  We should thus be
-spared the loss of the associations which cling about our old church, and
-the convenience of an increasing population would be amply provided for.
-
-This is too much, perhaps, to hope for.  I will only say that such a
-proposal, provided only it included the preservation of the present
-church, would have, I feel sure, the cordial support of the parishioners.
-
-I must apologise, Mr. Vicar, for the length to which this letter has
-extended.  I could not in a shorter space, express fully and clearly my
-views upon a subject which interests me beyond expression.  These views
-are the result of more than two years consideration of the question by
-one who has the building before his eyes every day, and is one of the
-congregation who worship in it.  I am anxious beyond measure to divert
-the Parish from an act of vandalism, which it has been led to
-contemplate, mainly I believe from an erroneous opinion as to the
-condition of the present Tower.
-
-As a professional man, I assert, as I have already done, that there are
-no grounds whatever for pulling down our Tower.  Such an act would be an
-outrage on good taste, and a wanton waste of public money.
-
-                         I have the honour to be,
-
-                                                              My dear Sir,
-                                                    Your faithful servant,
-                                                     GEORGE GILBERT SCOTT.
-
-To the REVD. SHERRARD B. BURNABY,
-            VICAR OF HAMPSTEAD.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-            Printed by J. HEWETSON, 5, High Street, Hampstead.
-
-
-
-
-FOOTNOTES.
-
-
-{7}  The inclination southward, estimated at ½″ or ¼″ of an inch, is too
-trivial to need remark.
-
-{13}  It was the plan of the ancient St. Peter’s as it is that of the
-present church.
-
-{14}  “For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto
-the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.”
-
-{15}  I hope, however, we may be spared those wretched translations of
-Gothic tracery into classic, formed by two semicircles supporting a
-circle, by which some of Wren’s finest churches have lately been
-disfigured.
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