From the Ecclesiologist, vol 4, no. Ⅴ (September 1845), page 241.
S. Mary the Virgin, Truro.—Considerable improvements and restorations are being effected in this church. The exterior of which on the south side is elaborately carved of the Tudor age; the interior having been Grecianised some fifty or sixty years since. A well executed font of Caen stone has replaced one of wood. A reredos* of the same stone has been substituted for an unsightly wooden one. New and costly hangings of rich crimson velvet have been provided for the altar, reading pue, and pulpit. The altar floor has been paved with Encaustic tiles, though for want of proper arrangement they have anything but a good effect. Two stained glass windows have been put up by Warrington. One at the east end (which has had new tracery of Caen stone), in which the principal figures represented are S. Philip, S. John, the Saviour, S. James, and S. Simon; each under canopies and having their respective emblems and scrolls. These occupy the five lights. The tracery of the east window of the south aisle has been repaired and cleaned. The lights in this window (excepting the head) are of a plain diaper pattern. Two of the piers and arches at the east end have been scraped from whitewash, and the heavy Grecian capitals removed; thus giving much additional height to the building, which is much wanted. It is hoped the Churchwardens will follow the good example set them by the rector, and restore the remaining piers and arches.
* Our readers will be aware of our objection to the whole genus of reredoses.
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