so objectionable?" "I think it was the industrialised 19th century pressing in on what had been a medieval church." "'Cass thought that by using modern copies of medieval materials, 'and by scraping away the plaster to reveal the stone, 'he was recreating an authentic church of the Middle Ages." "'Morris was appalled.'" "What did Morris go on to do?" "Morris went away and wrote a letter attacking the scraping of walls." "And he founded the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings." "So it's for the protection of buildings, as if they're holding back the vandals." "Oh, yes, yes." "They saw much of the restoration as sheer vandalism." "'As the 19th century gave way to the 20th, 'the medieval revival pioneered by the Oxford Movement 'had become thedominant architectural style in England." "'In fact, it had become so universal 'that it was even adopted by some of its most ardent opponents.'" "This looks at first glance like a medieval church." "But it was built just before the First World War." "And what does it have?" "Gargoyles, green men, higher altar, all of the accoutrements of a medieval church." "And it's not even in the Church of England." "The Presbyterians, who for centuries had almost defined themselves against the Catholic Middle Ages, were now building churches that absorbed this fashion for medieval romanticism." "'Within a heartbeat of this church being completed, 'such romanticism looked hopelessly fanciful." "'The world descended into a war that would bring carnage 'on an unimaginable scale." "'Many of our churchyards bear witness