Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial . ^, and the walls of the long- i 1^^ 1 w i < - ;l. o CD ^ OPC t o CO en o I—I CO t^B St. Savioues.: PAST AND PRESENT. 387 obnoxious building were found to be tliose of a fourteenth-century lady chapel, atthe end of which is a fine, day-lighted crypt. The funds were not sufficient toexcavate and restore this, and it has had to wait, but much has been done to thechurch itself. A new oak roof has replaced the main portion of the old one, whichwas beyond repair. A new altar and altar steps and new choir s
Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial . ^, and the walls of the long- i 1^^ 1 w i < - ;l. o CD ^ OPC t o CO en o I—I CO t^B St. Savioues.: PAST AND PRESENT. 387 obnoxious building were found to be tliose of a fourteenth-century lady chapel, atthe end of which is a fine, day-lighted crypt. The funds were not sufficient toexcavate and restore this, and it has had to wait, but much has been done to thechurch itself. A new oak roof has replaced the main portion of the old one, whichwas beyond repair. A new altar and altar steps and new choir stalls have beenamong the gifts of liberal donors; the last, with a new organ gallery, has beenplaced at the west end, where the organ formerly in St. Stephens, Walbrook, hasbeen erected. The smiths forge is to disappear speedily, and it is hoped that asufficient sum will soon be raised to complete a work that, so far as the actualinterior of the church is concerned, was well begun, and has for the mostpart been resolutely accomplished. The services are now attended by a largecongregation, who can scarcely fail to be interested in the gr
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