The Choir of the Cathedral Church of St. Mary, Carlisle, restored, 1857. View of the choir looking most ancient portions of the Cathedral itself are those parts erected in the eleventh and twelfth great east of the date of the middle of the fourteenth is one of the finest in the elegant semicircular oak ceiling, which had from 1764 been hidden from view by an ugly ribbed and plaster one, has been brought to light, and appears in its pristine glory, being now richly decorated in gold and entire fabric is now a magni
The Choir of the Cathedral Church of St. Mary, Carlisle, restored, 1857. View of the choir looking most ancient portions of the Cathedral itself are those parts erected in the eleventh and twelfth great east of the date of the middle of the fourteenth is one of the finest in the elegant semicircular oak ceiling, which had from 1764 been hidden from view by an ugly ribbed and plaster one, has been brought to light, and appears in its pristine glory, being now richly decorated in gold and entire fabric is now a magnificent specimen of ecclesiastical Gothic is gratifying to learn that the estimate of the cost of alteration has not been exceeded: this sum was about £15,000. The time occupied in the restoration was about three years, under the able direction of Mr. Christian and Mr. C. H. Purday, his clerk of the works'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.
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