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"If the church is of stone, let the porch be of brick, the roof
slated, and the entrance to it of the improved Gothic called
modern, being an arch formed by an acute angle. The porch should
be placed so as to stop up what might be called a useless window;
and as it sometimes happens that there is an ancient Saxon[29]
entrance, let it be carefully bricked up, and perhaps plastered,
so as to conceal as much as possible of the zigzag ornament used
in buildings of this kind. Such improvements cannot fail to ensure
celebrity to churchwardens of future ages.
"_How to add a vestry to an old church._
"The building here proposed is to be of bright brick, with a
slated roof and sash windows, with a small door on one side; and
it is, moreover, to be adorned with a most tasty and ornamental
brick chimney, which terminates at the chancel end. The position
of the building should be against two old Gothic windows; which,
having the advantage of hiding them nearly altogether, when
contrasted with the dull and uniform surface of an old stone
church, has a lively and most imposing effect.
"_How to ornament the top or battlements of a tower belonging to
an ancient church_.
"Place on each battlement, vases, candlesticks, and pineapples
alternately, and the effect will be striking.
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