It may be safely stated that the expense of the works and the gifts
above specified has not been less than L13,000; the windows alone have
cost nearly L9000. The entire sum already expended upon the Cathedral
will thus be found to exceed L40,000.
In order to bring the Cathedral into such a condition as would appear
satisfactory to those who have taken part in its restoration, the
following works require to be done:--
1. The Nave, Octagon, and Transepts must be paved. Towards
this work Bishop Turton gave by his will (as before stated)
the sum of L500. The whole expense will probably be not less
than L2500.
2. The stone-work of the Octagon must be completed by the
restoration of the pinnacles and parapet. The external
effect of Alan de Walsingham's Lantern cannot be rightly
estimated until this restoration has been made; the cost
will be about L2500.
3. The Lantern must be internally decorated. This work,
though highly necessary for completing the effect of the
interior, will probably cost not more than L500.
4. The Galilee porch requires extensive repair, partly from
the decay of the Purbeck marble which is largely used in its
construction, and partly from the unskilful treatment to
which it has been submitted in former times. A grand
commencement of this work has been made by Mrs. John Thomas
Waddington, of Twyford Lodge, Winchester, at whose sole
expense the portal which forms the eastern side of the
Galilee is undergoing complete restoration, as a memorial of
her late husband. The restoration of the remainder of the
Galilee would probably cost L2000.
5. The warming of the Cathedral is another work, for which
it would be impossible to set down less than L500; probably
it would cost much more; but this is a work which, if
considered desirable, may fairly be left to the Dean and
Chapter.
6. The proper lighting of the Cathedral is a matter for
consideration; this also might be regarded as a work
devolving upon the capitular body: but when the extremely
artistic character of the standards or coronae, which such a
building requires, is taken into account, perhaps it may be
fairly added to the list of works in which the friends of
the Cathedral may be asked to co-operate.
From this statement then it would appear that an expenditure of from
L7000 to L8000 would complete the principal necessary works of the
Cathedral, with the exception of the rebuilding of the north-west
Transept, which it will probably be deemed desirable to omit from
consideration, at all events until all the other works specified have
been finished.
Call the sum necessary L7000; this is not much to raise for so good a
purpose; and when it is considered what the effect of the expenditure
of such a sum will be, it seems difficult to believe that the money
will not be forthcoming.
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