As he put it in his Architectural history of Canterbury Cathedral: "My plan therefore has been, first to collect all the written evidence, and then by a close comparison of it with the building itself, to make the best identification of one with the other that I have been able."
Therefore, according to his Architectural history of Canterbury Cathedral: "My plan thus has been, first to gather all the written evidence, and then by a detailed comparison of it with the building itself, to make the most accurate identification possible that I have been able."