Byline: By Jeffery Muse

It is reputed that when Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) ventured into the Lady Chapel at Ely Cathedral he burst into tears at the state of the place. He cried, 'O God, what has England done to deserve this?'

He was appalled, and rightly so, that over the years the little retreat had been filled with cheap box pews and decorated in limewash, the paint used in milking parlours.

Two Gothic design elm chamfered frame pews or benches, ...

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