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 224 THE BUILDING NEWS. Maron 15, 1872. a Huilding Frtelligenee. CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. AmersnAM.—The parish church of S. Mary, Amersham, was reopened, after restoration, on S. Matthias’ Day. The restoration has been carried out from the designs of Mr. Preedy, architect, and the cost has amounted to about £3,200. The church is supposed to be built on a Norman foundation, as fragments of late Norman work have been found. The style is Perpendicular, the great part is four- teenth century work, but the piers, arches, &c., date froma century earlier. The east window has been raised nearly 4ft., and deepened about 2ft., and the floor of the sanctuary has been raised about 18in. The chancel arch and roof have been raised, and the plaster ceiling replaced by a neat wooden groined roof. The organ has been removed from the old west gallery, and placed in the chancel aisle, andthe choir are seated in the chancel. All the galleries have been taken away, and the plaster removed from the roof of nave, transepts, and aisles; the old principals are left, and the ancient boarding under the rafters shown; the decayed corbels have been renewed and carved. ‘Two stilted arches of peculiar shape were accidentally discovered and opened out. The piers on the south side appear to be of earlier date than those on the north, and are of more elegant shape; all have been taken out, and the stone reworked or replaced by new material. The clerestory windows had no tracery, but the original tracery was found, and copied in the present windows. Easrcnear.—S. Clement's Church, Eastcheap, was reopened a few days ago after a complete rear- rangement by Mr. Butterfield. The whole of the ancient oak carving has been preserved, and the canopy of the pulpit, which is said to vie in richness with some of those for which Belgium is so cele- brated, is decorated so that its beauties may now be fully seen. The seats are in modern fashion, all open. The ceiling has been effectually brought out in colour. The organ has been greatly improved by Messrs. Gray and Dayison. Hotsorn.—The Charity Commissioners have given notice of their intention to make an order authorising the sale of the Poultry Chapel and schools, and the purchasing, with the proceeds, of a new site situated on the south side of the Holborn Viaduct, on the east side of Shoe-lane and the north side of Plumtree-court, and the erection thereon of a new chapel and schools. Lameeru.—The lease of Surrey Chapel, Black- friars-road (formerly better known as the Rev. Row- land Hill’s Chapel), having nearly expired, a very eligible site for a new chapel,lecture-room,and schools has been secured at the junction of the Westminster and Kennington-roads, formerly occupied by the Female Orphan Asylum. We understand that about £15,000 is to be expended on the new buildings. We believe a limited competition will be invited. New Basrorp.—Mr. Ellis, of Nottingham, is building here a new Baptist Chapel. It is Gothic, from designs by Mr. T. Horsfield, of Halifax. The roof is to be open-timbered, with semicircular prin- cipals. The seats will have stall ends and leaning backs. There will be a platform for the minister and for the communion. The pews will be of neat design, surrounded by ornamental railing. A vestry will be built on each side of the chapel. The cost is estimated at £1,000. Pepmore.—The Church of Pedmore, near Stour- bridge, which has recently been rebuilt, has been adorned by the erection of a reredos, which has just been completed after a design by the architect, Mr. F. Preedy, of London. ‘The principal part of the reredos is of a light coloured alabaster, which material forms the background above the level of the table, and in which is worked a series of cano- pies, supported by coloured Irish marble shafts, and containing sculptured figures of the four Evange- lists, the latter baing of a whiter tint than the groandwork. The central and most conspicuous object is the Agnus Dei standing on the Mount of Paradise, and from beneath his feet issue the four mystic streams; this panel, and one on either side of it containing the Alpha and Omega and other symbolic ornaments, are very carefully worked in Venetian Mosaic on gold grounds of the same ma- terial, as are also other smaller panels in the sides of the reredos, representing the sacred monograms and other emblems on blue and red grounds. The lower part at sides of table is built in bands of Caen stone and alabaster, the stone inlaid in ornamental pat- terns with coloured marbles and cements, the whole producing a chaste and rich effect. The carving, inlay, stone and alabaster work, has been very suc- cessfully executed by Mr. Boulton, of Cheltenham, carver. The mosaic work is from the architect's studio. The reredos (as explained on a brass plate placed in the side wall of chancel) has been erected by Miss Hunt, a former parishioner, but now of Brookfield, Bellbroughton. Srrerron.—The church of S. Matthew, Stretton, near Warrington, was reconsecrated on Thursday week. The nave and tower have been entirely re- built as a memorial to the late vicar, who himself built a new chancel. The church is of red sand- stone from a neighbouring quarry, and is from the designs of Mr. Gilbert Scott. The entire cost has been about £5,000. The seats are of English oak, and the nave is paved with coloured tiles. The pulpit, which is of carved oak and stone, has been preserved from the old church; so also have the bells. The font was designed and worked by Messrs. Clifford, of Oxford. S. Srernen’s Cnurcn, HAGGrrston.—On Tues- day, the 5th inst., the new Church of S. Stephen, Haggerston, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of London. In plan, the church consists of a nave of four bays and aisles, apsidal chancel with aisles, that on the south side being used as a vestry, with organ chamber over. At the west end of the nave are two large two-lights windows, surmounted by a circular window, and over the nave arcade on the north and south sides is a lofty clerestory with well developed two-light windows. At the east end of the chancel is a three-light window in the centre bay, and single-light windows in the sides of the apse, all of which will hereafter be filled with stained glass. The ceiling of the nave is boarded under the rafters, that of the chancel being divided into panels filled with gilt stars on a blue ground. In the sanctuary the martyr’s crown and palm in honour of the patron saint, 8. Stephen, are introduced. At the west end of the nave stands the font, of sufficient + size to admit of immersion, the octagonal bowl of which is of Caen stone, supported by a red Mansfield centre, and four smaller angle shafts with moulded capitals and bases. In the panels on the four car- dinal faces of the bowl are introduced the sacred monogram, the cross, and the holy dove. The seats in the nave are of deal, stained and varnished, with open backs and solid ends. The chancel is elevated six steps above the floor of nave, the altar being raised two additional steps. On the north side of the chancel is an open parclose of oak, separating the chancel from the aisle; and in the corresponding arch on the south side will be the organ. On the north side of the sanctuary is a credence table, op- posite to which is the usual arrangement of Sedilia and Piscina. Above the altar is a re-table, over which is the reredos in three compartments, the centre one containing a large cross in statuary marble, on a diapered and gilt background. The church has been constructed throughout of brick, with coloured bands. It will accommodate six hun- dred worshippers, and it has been erected from the designs and under the superintendence of Mr. Francis T. Dollman, of No. 9, Adam-street, Adelphi, Messrs. Dove Bros., of Islington, being the contractors. The cost of the building will amount to about £5,000. Tue Sourn Transerr or York Minster.—The restoration of this portion of York Cathedral is now going on in earnest. It is expected that in a few weeks the timber work inside the transept will be finished. Outside the building a number of masons have commenced cutting away the old plinths at the base of the south front, and the insertion of the new stone in the lower portions thereof is being pro- ceeded with. The original work is excessively hard, but some new stonework on the surface, executed about a century ago, and which had not united well with the old, was easily demolished, and it fell down readily when prized off with crow-bars. This attempt at restoration a hundred years since has proved most unsatisfactory, and the new work, which ought to haye added to the strength and stability of the fabric, afforded little or no support. In the present restoration, however, will be com- bined the reproduction of the original architectural beauty and effect of the south transept with sub- stantial and first-class workmanship and materials. BUILDINGS. Arrerciiere.—The new schools in connection with S. Charles's (Roman) Catholic Church, Atter- cliffe, were formally opened on the 29th ult. The building is in a plain Gothic style of architecture, and will accommodate 350 children, The cost of the schools, exclusive of the land, isabout £1,200. They are built of Dunford stone, with Handsworth stone dressings. The architects were Messrs. Innocent & Brown. BrrmonpsEy.—The managers of the Peabody Trust are about to erect six blocks of buildings for sleepers and an ordinary floor. the working classes in East-lane, Neckinger-road, Bermondsey. The contract has been taken by Messrs. Tall & Co. CuArettown.—An extension of accommodation in connection with the Church school at Chapeltown was resolved upon several months ago, and on Mon- day the work was formally begun in the laying of the first stone. The elevations are to be in the Do- mestic Gothic style. The school is designed to ac- commodate 300 children, and is estimated to cost £1,500, and will be built from designs by Messrs. Perkin and Sons, Park-square. Cuicaco.—The plans for the new government buildings for the post-office and custom-house are nearly completed. according to a local journal, of the ‘‘ Romanesque- The style of architecture will be, Inigo-Jonesian order.” The designs are by the treasury architect, Mr. Mullett. Crvy.—A number of offices and premises are being erected in Leadenhall-street, from the designs of Mr. R. Norman Shaw. The general facing will be of Fareham bricks, and the cornice and dressing of Portland stone. in the following manner :—From girder to girder is The floors are made fire-proof thrown a single 4}-in. ring of Beart’s patent per- forated bricks, and the whole is thoroughly grouted ; and the spandrel is then filled up solid with rather fine concrete; over the whole are laid wooden The works at pre- sent in hand are at the rear of the site, and the houses in front are not ‘yet pulled down. Three shops will occupy the main frontage, separated by piers of red bricks; and in the recesses thus formed cast-iron sashes, each with their own projection, will run up to the third-pier level, where there will be a bold projecting cornice, the front above finishing with three gables. Messrs. Ashby and Horner, of Aldgate, are the builders. Lrverroo,,—On Tuesday afternoon the founda- tion stone of the new building to be erected for Holy Trinity Certified Industrial Schools, Grafton- street, Toxteth-park, Liverpool, was laid. The building will consist of the east wing of the school already in existence, with portions of the north and south wings, and will include a school-room and dining-rooms, and additional dormitories, workshops, &e. It will be erected from plans furnished by Messrs. Statham & Blease, architects, the contrac- tor being Mr. Henshaw. The amount of the con- tract for the completion of the building is £3,000. LiaAnrorst.—On Thursday week the foundation- stone of a new school was laid at Llanfoist, near Abergavenny. The school is being built from the designs of Mr. J. Neville, of Abergavenny, and Mr. Foster, of Abergavenny, has undertaken the contract for the sumof £318. The building will be of native stone, and the main school-room will be 30ft. in length by 17ft. in width, whilst the adjoining class- room will measure 14ft. by 12ft. Accommodation will be afforded for 84 children. Suarrespury.—Church of England schools are about to be erected in the parish of S. James, Shaftes- bury, to accommodate 90 boys and girls (mixed) and 85 infants. The architect is Mr. James Soppitt, of Tont-hill, Shaftesbury. Tispury.—A school is about to be erected in the populous village of Tisbury, Wilts, to accommodats 92 infants. The architect employed is Mr. James Soppitt, of Tont-hill, Shaftesbury. ——— oo ———— CHIPS. At the last meeting of the London Association of Foremen Engineers and Draughtsmen, a paper was read by Mr, A. Laird “On the character and treat- ment of cast iron in relation to mechanical and con- structive purposes.” The Metropolitan Board of Works at their last meeting decided to refuse the application by the Vestry of S. George's, Southwark, for permission to raise the sum of £10,000 for the purpose of paving the footways of the principal roads in the parish, on the ground that such works are not “permanent works.” The honour of knighthood is to be conferred on Mr. John Goode, C.E., in recognition of his profes- sional services rendered to the Government, and ex- tending over a period of about five and twenty years, during the construction of Portland Harbour. Mr. John Smith, surveyor to the Hastings High- way Board, was thrown from his trap last week through his horse taking fright; he was taken home insensible, and remains in a very precarious Ccon- dition. New (Roman) Catholic Schools are being built by Mr. C. Leggett, attached to the Italian Church of 8. Peter, Hatton-Wall, from the designs of Mr. J. N. Tasker. ‘Che cost is estimated at £1,250. Mr. E. T. Howell has been appointed architect and surveyor to the Southampton School Board.