Mather

“Many persons are most seriously convinced that the world is flat,” wrote Frank Jewett Mather, looking down his nose, “the poor whites of certain Southern regions are most seriously convinced that clay is a delicious comestible. But their seriousness doesn’t matter, and I think that the seriousness of these Modernists matters very little.”

"You really wouldn't be able to host a family of four here," said estate agent Tom Reed of the Mather Partnership.

Conservative councillor Mark Mather said: "I never thought as a parish councillor I'd be dealing with bomb disposal."

It is anticipated work will continue until at least the middle of February and Mather said it was not clear initially who would pay for it.

The Rev. Increase Mather — the father of Salem witch trial participant Cotton Mather — spoke enthusiastically for the ban.