U. Canopy work.

Figs. 10 and 11.

Glass green, with portions, bands, finials, crockets, etc., stained yellow. Whole of glass has apparently

been covered with a layer of light paint.
of this piece of glass has been worn away.
portion can only be faintly traced.

Much of the painting
The outline of left

v. A wavy border Brown paint on gold.

w. Portion of cusping (?), containing trefoiled panel. Greenish glass, many portions stained yellow. Possibly the painting on the left is intended for a wing.

x. Rude cinquefoil arches, with quatrefoiled circles above. Clear green glass. Dull yellow circles, arches, and tracery, obtained by means of dabbing paint on back of glass.

Y. Portion of canopy. Green ground, with portion stained yellow.

Fig. 11.-Fragments of Glass in Cwm Church, Flintshire.

z. Possibly portion of pedestal or chest. Greenish glass. Circles, some bands, and other portions, stained yellow. Left

upper portion apparently intended for flames. Gold deepening to deep orange towards top.

z2. Canopy work. Greenish ground; portions stained yellow. 23. Canopy work. Glass as above.

z1. Border, with two bands outer of small circles and inner of star-shaped figures. Green glass. Upper portion stained yellow, and shaded with brown paint. Band of circles has yellow ground.

The quality of work is most unequal. The heads especially are drawn in a manner, and with care, apparently far beyond the capability of the workers of some of the inferior glass.

The

In the middle of the last-or nineteenth-century, work, more in the way of destruction than "restoration" was undertaken in connection with the church. ancient oak roof probably disappeared at this time, and was replaced by one of deal. Unsightly pews, pulpit and fittings, stained a horrible red, were erected. A modern gallery at the west end, which until recently existed, may probably have belonged to this period. Probably at the same time the old internal plastering of the walls was hacked to form a key for new plastering.

The fabric being again in need of considerable repair, in 1901 certain works were undertaken through the instrumentality of the Vicar, the Rev. T. Major Rees, who was greatly aided in his work by the help and personal interest taken by the Bishop of St. Asaph. The gable above the eastern window was badly cracked and bulged. It was found necessary to reset the tracery and the window arch, with the exception of the springer-stones, and to rebuild the wall above the east window. Some stones in all, with the exception. of the 1769 window, were decayed to such an extent that it was necessary to replace them. The few new stones are marked by the letter M on the drawings. Only those stones which were in an extreme condition were renewed. The decayed wood lintels of the northern windows were replaced by stone. The ex

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