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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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