Remarks upon the proposed destruction of the tower of the Parish Church of St. John, Hampstead

Transcribed from the 1874 J. Hewetson edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
OF ST. JOHN,
HAMPSTEAD,
BEING
A LETTER
ADDRESSED TO
THE REV D SHERRARD B. BURNABY, M.A. Vicar of Hampstead.
BY GEORGE GILBERT SCOTT, M.A. Sometime Fellow of Jesus College , Cambridge .
26, Church Row, Hampstead. May 1 st , 1874.
My Dear Mr. Vicar,
Will you permit me to address to you, and through you to others, some remarks upon the subject of the Restoration of our Parish Church.
Such a request needs I think no apology. As a parishioner I cannot be indifferent to such a question. As an architect, whose attention has been directed professionally to the subject for more than two years, I may fairly ask a hearing. Did I need a further excuse the address at the head of this letter would supply it. Living as I do, and, please God, shall do for many years, almost under the shade of the Parish Church, and having it before my eyes continually, I have every opportunity of coming to a clear opinion upon the matter, and every motive to form a sound one.