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 138 ARCHITECTURAL NOTICES. instances of flint and stone-work in alternate squares, which occur in the tower of Steyning Church. The stone spire is very rare ; but a wooden one, covered with shingles, prevails throughout. This is sometimes a broach spire, sometimes it springs from within the parapet, and it is occasionally quadri- lateral. The external wooden shingle which now exists, I should say, is in many cases the original covering, and appears generally sound and in good condition. The pale grey tint which it acquires from the weather is very pleasing to the eye, and harmonises well with the building, which generally presents a surface of flint or old plaster. The Church of Newhaven (originally Meeching) is almost, -"9^ Newhaveu Church, Sussex. if not quite, unique as an English specimen of a tower with an Eastern apse immediately annexed to it, without the inter- verition of any other chancel. The arrangement is common enough on the Continent. The tower is extremely massive, in two stages, of which the upper appears to be an addition, though both are Norman. The upper stage has a double belfry window in each face, with a banded shaft ; the capital seems to have been enriched with foliage, and has a square