The Gothic chancel is one of the most artistic in London with a high arch rising to the groined roof of the nave, ( yet in contrast to the nave which is manifestly English Gothic ) and is at once reminiscent of the finest French cathedrals.
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This was achieved by the adoption of several features of the famous fa�ade of York Minster, including abandoning the paired " Magdalen College " windows in the uppermost stage in favour of large mullioned windows framed by a flamboyant arch rising to the level of the ornate parapet.
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Brand gives an illustration of it, and McKenzie describes it thus It consisted of an altar, the front of which was enriched with beautiful gothic compartments and armorial bearings, over which rose an elliptic canopy, surmounted by a spiral arch rising in the centre and terminated with a tower, the crest of the Thornton family.
