3-034-599 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

St. Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, lately restored, 1871. 'The walls of the south aisle and south arcade had been for many years in a dangerous condition, overhanging their bases to the extent of 21 inches, and threatening the safety of those who passed by...The south aisle and south arcade have been entirely rebuilt, and so carefully that it is difficult even for a townsman to believe that they form a new construction...The interior also has been entirely restored...The reredos, of Caen stone, is divided into a centre and two side panels, and is intended to receive paintings in Powell's patent glass mosaic, when the necessary funds are obtained. The flooring has been relaid with the old sepulchral slabs bordered round the alleys with Maw's tiles...All the windows, with the exception of the east window, have been newly glazed: the south windows with Powell and Son's patent glass, to exclude sun and heat...The whole of the works of restoration have been carried out, from the designs and under the constant superintendence of Mr. John Louth Clemence, architect, by Messrs. Lucas Brothers, the eminent contractors of London, at a cost of £5200...This church was founded in the fourteenth century, by the Priory of St. Bartholomew's, London'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.