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Carlisle Cathedral,
Restoration
Notes of the Month
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Some differences of opinion having been entertained as to
the best manner of redecorating the waggon-roof of
Carlisle Cathedral, it was at length determined to
call in the advice of Mr. Owen Jones. Accordingly that
gentleman visited Carlisle, and has sent in his
recommendations, which have been adopted. The panels are to
have a groundwork of bright azure, powdered with gold stars;
the ribs and bosses are to be painted various colours, red,
blue, &c. and the coats of arms and other armorial
bearings accurately restored; the angles which surround the
cornice are to be gilded and coloured, and the large angels
on the hammer-beams are
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