. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . far-seeing of cathedral dignitaries) had been to utilise the nave ofthe chmch, and the first special services in a cathedral nave were held atChichester. He left some money for the building, and his executors, in con- 140 CATHEDRAL CHURCHES. [Chichester. junction with an influential committee, resolved in 1859 to remove the beautifulbut somewhat frail screen wliich separated the choir from the nave. The com-mittee soon became aware of the danger they had to contend with; the piersof the tower were foun
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . far-seeing of cathedral dignitaries) had been to utilise the nave ofthe chmch, and the first special services in a cathedral nave were held atChichester. He left some money for the building, and his executors, in con- 140 CATHEDRAL CHURCHES. [Chichester. junction with an influential committee, resolved in 1859 to remove the beautifulbut somewhat frail screen wliich separated the choir from the nave. The com-mittee soon became aware of the danger they had to contend with; the piersof the tower were found to be rotten. There was no adhesion in the effort was made to renew the piers, but every effort was useless. Aheavy gale on the night of Wednesday, February 20th, 1861, precipitated thecalamity; and on the next day, at about twenty minutes past one in the after-noon, the writer saw the spire move gently and bodily towards the south-west,then it seemed to recoveritself, and spire and towersank out of sight, with littlenoise, into the centre of thebuilding. With the exception. IHE CATHEDRAL, FROM THE NORTH-EAST. of the capstone, which fell upon one of the flying buttresses of the nave, everystone fell within the church. The weather-cock alone was picked up in thechurchyard, and a heap of disintegrated materials filled the cross of the churchup to the level of the triforium. We need not describe the rebuilding. The work was placed under thecare of the late Sir Gilbert Scott, and it never ceased until the church was re-opened in November, 1867. The Duke of Richmond was mainly instrumental incarrying the work to its successful conclusion, as is commemorated in the notesleft by Sir Gilbert Scott. Much, too, was due to the bishop and the dean. But we must proceed to describe the rest of the church. At some earlytime the height of the aisles was raised by sacrificing the level of the galleriesabove, and these galleries became practically useless. Simultaneously the arches
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