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meeting of the London Diocesan Advisory Committee approved a “scheme for the re-arrangement and development of the crypts to provide a permanent exhibition of

Past Interpretation

supported the design and noted its success. The church Rector and Churchwarden

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“Within Wren’s fabric, which he has

Country Life comments on Allen’s changes to the building stating, “by making the altar-piece a solid structure the architect has increased the sense of depth behind it which is further enhanced by Mr. Glyn Jones’s trompe l’oeil because it has effectively reduced glare which was “so troublesome to those facing it The article calls the painting on the east end wall, designed to create the illusion of an apse, a

the high altar much greater than the few feet that in fact separate the east wall from

London. London Diocesan Advisory Committee. Meeting Minutes, September 26, 1967. Print. 47

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