Eastlake, 1872, p. 190. "For the cost of one stone church with a groined roof, or even an open timbered roof, two might be built in brick with plaster ceilings; and who could dare to say that worship in the plainer building would be less devout or sincere than that which was offered in the other?" Eastlake, Charles L. (1872). A History of the Gothic Revival. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
"The Church's Restoration / In eighteen-eighty-three / Has left for contemplation / Not what there used to be."Betjeman, John (1959). Collected Poems. J. Murray.
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Brooks, Chris; Saint, Andrew (1995). «Introduction». The Victorian Church: Architecture and Society. Manchester University Press. p. 9. ISBN0-7190-4019-1.
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«Chichester Cathedral Spire». Chichester Cathedral Restoration and Development Trust. Consultado el 18 de septiembre de 2011.
Véase, por ejemplo, Reed 1997, p.338: "Much of his [George Gilbert Scott's] restoration work was undoubtedly insensitive, heavy-handed, and ruthless"; y Smith, J. T.; North, M. A. (2003). St Albans, 1650–1700: a thoroughfare town and its people. University of Hertfordshire Press. p. 78. "... prior to a ruthless Victorian restoration ..."
