From the Ecclesiologist, vol 9, no. ⅬⅩⅩⅡ (June 1849), page 401.
S. Mary, Truro, Cornwall.—This church has been particularly fortunate in the improvements which have been made in it; and the satisfactory manner in which they have been carried on. Within the last few years five windows of stained glass have been inserted; a font of Caen stone has taken the place of an ugly wooden one; a stone reredos has succeeded a wooden one; and a tesselated pavement of varied designs, in the sanctuary, has been also added. The organ has been decorated with polychrome, and the pillars, with their arches, relieved from a grievous load of plaister. But now good oak benches, plain, but massive, are being substituted for pews: there will be also a new pulpit, fald-stool, and lectern. This will be one great step towards the complete restoration of the church. It is determined also to remove the organ from the west end, and to remove part of the north gallery to make room for it. The gallery will not yet be quite removed, but diminished so as not to protrude beyond the piers.
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