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and its restoration was a very expensive
The screen was in a very worm-eaten condition, and its restoration was a very expensive matter.
— from A Book of the West. Volume 1: Devon Being an introduction to Devon and Cornwall by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

an imposing ruin with a vast extent
This was dismantled in the course of the Peninsular war, but is still an imposing ruin, with a vast extent of enclosing wall, out of which rise several fine towers.
— from Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street

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