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 468 THE BUILDING NEWS. JUNE: 7, 18725 ee Huilding Intelligence, CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. Burrorpd.—The parish church of Burford was reopened on Thursday week, by the Bishop of Oxford, after restoration by Messrs. Castle & Co., of Oxford, from designs by Mr. G. E. Street. ‘The nave, the north and south aisles, the “ Sylvester” and “Burgess” aisles, and the chapel dedicated to S. Peter have been restored, and an arcade of two arches erected on the north side of the Burgess aisle. The cost has been £2,500. The encaustic tile floor- ings were supplied by Mr. Godwin, of Lugwardine The decorations were executed by Messrs. Bell & Almond. The position of the restored chapel of S. Peter, at the north-eastern angle of the nave, is unique, there are probably very few similar examples. Cuiswick.—The new Church of S. Paul, Grove Park, Chiswick, designed by Mr. H. Currey, was consecrated on Saturday. The style of the edifice is early Gothic. The nave is separated from the aisles by five bays springing from Bath stone pillars with carved caps, which support well-lighted clerestories and an open roof. The chancel has an apsidal termination, and the east window is partially filled with stained glass. The south porch (the principal entrance) is called the ‘“ Prince’s Porch,” being erected as a thanksgiving memorial for the recent recovery of the Prince of Wales. The build- ing will seat 600 worshippers. GLAscow.—A proposal to erect an organ in Glas- gow Cathedral is being now seriously entertained. The Glasgow Evening Citizen newspaper says that the sum required will be £5,000, and argues that, although the cathedral is a Presbyterian place of worship, it is nevertheless a national building, and therefore that contributions might be sought from the community generally. Mancuester Diocesan Cuurcn Buriprnea Socrery.—The quarterly meeting of this Society was held at the Town Hall, on Thursday week. The following grants were made: towards purchase of site for new church of S. Clement, Ardwick, £200; towards erection of a new church at Higham, £200. Monton.—A new Unitarian Chapel is about to be built at Monton, near Worsley. Five architects sent in plans in competition, that by Mr. T: Worthington has been accepted. One of its advan- tages is that the two side aisles will consist of narrow passages, to be used only as approaches to the nave. It is intended to provide 600 sittings in the chapel. The style is Geometric Decorated. A belfry will be provided for a peal of eight bells, and there is to be a spire 150ft. high. The cost will be about £9,000. Oswerstry.—A vestry meeting was held yester- day (Thursday) for the purpose of authorising the churchwardens to carry out the restorations and im- provements of the Old Church, adopting Mr. Street’s plans, as revised and altered by him, and obtaining a faculty. The alterations and improvements pro- posed are considerable, and include the carrying of the transept and the removal of the central pillars, thus opening out the whole of the transept and largely improving the interior in every respect. The position of the pulpit on the north side of the chancel arch is retained. The floor is not to be raised, but levelled throughout the naye and aisles, and the steps at the west entrance are placed outside the church instead of inside. The vestry, which was at first proposed to be placed on the north side is, according to the amended plans, to be removed to the south side. The north side is thus left clear, allowing a full view of the new north transept window from the street, and, accord- ing to a local journal, the flat and monotonous stretch of the north elevation is only relieved by a somewhat more massive buttressing of the north transept, giving it a greater apparent projection, and a rather singular stopping of the roof of the north chancel aisle, the reason for which is not immediately obvious. ‘The new position of the vestry is thought by some to be a very questionable improvement, as it detracts from the beauty of two elevations—the east and south, as well as from the picturesqueness of the south-east perspective view, and destroys the new window which Mr. Street had placed in the east side of the south transept aisle, and would probably, in some degree, darken the chancel. It is considered that in this matter Mr. Street has deferred to the wishes of some of the parishioners rather than followed his own judgment. Rovspoy.—The new Church of §. Pancras, Rousdon, has been completed. Messrs. George & Vaughan are the architects, and Messrs, Moass, of Exeter, the contractors. The building is about 50ft. in length, and capable of accommodating 75 persons. All the windows are of stained glass, and represent various scenes in the life of our Lord. Over the altar) is the appropriate representation of “The Last Supper,” and on each side of this are the Ten Commandments, the Apostle’s Creed, and the Lord’s Prayer. The whole of this, as well as the pavement of the chancel and the reredos, is formed of Mosaic glass. The nave is paved with tiles procured from the Poole Pottery Company, Dorset. Around the pulpit are seven images, representing the Four Evangelists, David, Moses, and S. Paul, by Mr. Forsyth, of London. The estimated cost of the building is £4,000. York Minsrer.—On Friday Mr. G. E. Street paid a visit to the Minster, and inspected all the work which has been hitherto done in connection with the restoration of the south transept. He ex- pressed himself entirely satisfied with the work so far as it had proceeded, and gave some instructions to Mr. Cane, the Clerk of the Works, as to the works necessary to be carried out during the next few months. BUILDINGS. Bosron.—New public schools were opened at Boston on Thursday week. Accommodation is pro- vided for 300 children. The building is constructed of red brick, relieved with white brick dressings, and terra-cotta springers and key-stones to the arches. ‘The interior is built of white bricks, relieved with courses of red and black bricks and tiles. The cost was £1,194. Mr. W. H. Wheeler was the archi- tect, and Mr. Samuel Sherwin the builder, CuatHamM.—The Duke of Cambridge visited Chatham on Tuesday week and laid the foundation- stone of the new Royal Engineer Institute and Halls of Study. The structure will be principally constructed of white Suffolk bricks and buff malms, with a tier of Corinthian columns of Portland stone, decorations in terra-cotta, with a frieze, cornice, an open parapet with balustrades, &c. There will be a large lecture theatre, capable of holding 800 persons, a museum for building appliances, halls of study for officers and non-commissioned officers, committee- rooms, officers’ library, various schools, a museum for inventions, alarger museum, rooms for photography, printing schools, chemical laboratory, &e. The work is being carried out by Captain Marsh, R.E., assisted by the military foreman of works, Sergeant Mayne, R.E., under the sole direction of Colonel Lovell, R.E., the commanding Royal Engineer of the Chatham district. Mr. George Sollitt, of Strood, is the contractor for the erection of the building, the whole cost of which will be between £20,000 and £30,000. Haumax.—On Wednesday week a new building, erected for the members of the Dean Clough Institute by the firm of Messrs, John Crossley & Sons, Limited, was opened by Mr. John Crossley. The Institute has been erected in the mixed Gothic style, from designs by Messrs. Ives & Son, of Halifax. On the ground floor is the reading-room, S0ft. long by 36ft. wide, and having a height of 13ft. Over this is the lecture-hall, 108ft. long by 36ft. wide, and providing accommodation for 600 persons. At the east end is a spacious orchestra, in which an organ is to be placed. There is also a librarian’s house and other conveniences, and the whole build- ing has cost about £6,000. ee TUNBRIDGE Writs FREEHOLD LAND AND BuILp- ING Socrety.—The twenty-second annual meeting of the shareholders of this Society was held on Thursday week. The report was of a most satis- factory character, and showed that during the past year the committee had received 29 applications for advances for 209 shares, amounting to £10,868; of these 25 were granted for 178} shares, amounting to £9,282, bringing up the total sum advanced and sanctioned during the past six years to £52,364. Of this amount, £11,180 has been advanced during the year just closed, while £1,456 remains to be advaneed on buildings now in progress, and on mortgages in the solicitors’ hands for completion. The amount of repayments on this branch of business was £1,300 in excess of the sum requisite to be paid. 253 investing =) shares were taken during the year, making, with the 1784 advanced, 4314 shares. The total number of shares on the Society's books at the present time is 1770}, held by 760members, of which 91 are allotted: 7234advanced, and 956 investing or unallotted share: Of the latter 58 are paid up £60 shares, and 299 paid up £25 shares. The total number paid by allottees during the year has been £540 19s. 4d., leaving £8374 19s. Sd. as the sum paid by investors, the liabilities were stated at £31,718 14s. 6d, the assets £33,521 9s. 6d. including £267 18s. 10d. balance at bankers, leaving £1,862 15s. profit to the Society. The total of the reserve fund account amounted to £98 15s. 8d. The report was adopted. TO CORRESPONDENTS. [We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our correspondents. The Editor respectfully requests that all communications should be drawn up as briefly as possible, as there are many claimants upon the space allotted to correspondence. } To Our READERS.—We shall feel obliged to any of our readers who will favour us with brief notes of works con- templated or in progress in the provinces. Letters relating to advertisements and the ordinary business of the Paper should be addressed to the EDITOR, 31, TAVISTOCK-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, W.C. 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A Compgtitor thinks that “Mr. MacLaren is bound to give some explanation in reference to his copying Norman Shaw's plan,” and we think so too, T. H. Contrns.—Plan to hand. Thanks. BATCHELOR & FENTON.—Your reply on brick-kilns is an advertisement. B. C. HuGHES.—We shall be able to reproduce the plans, but nof the elevations, of your mansion. As You Liks It.—Your plan to hand. C. G.—Write the Secretary of the Institute of Architects, 9, Conduit-street, Regent-street. Davin MACLAREN.—The drawing to hand. We would rather you sent tracing of ground-plan. JOHN USHER.—Drawing to hand; but we have not your address. 2 + F.—You say you will be obliged if we would insert your pr fire epistle, as oan think “it would amuse the young members of the profession.” They must be young, indeed, to be amused with such broken-winded wit. Pray try your hand at something more pointed and useful. E. W.—Wait and see what the Architectural Conference will say on the matter first. FELLOW.—We have inserted one letter on the subject There is not much probability of your disturbing Mr. Burges’s appointment, and the best way is to regard it as settled. E. S. L.—See our article on the “ Threatened Lock-out.” Correspondence. SS PLAGIARISM. To the Editor of the Buitp1ne News. Sm,—I was very glad to see Mr. R. Norman Shaw’s plan in your last number, and the conse- quent exposure of what he calls “the strange mixture of simplicity and impudence” exhibited by Mr. MacLaren in your issue of May 17. But this mixture is no new thing, nor is Mr. Shaw the only architect to whose honour this libation has been poured. If Mr. Shaw will turn to the plan of the proposed Guildhall, Winchester, in your issue for May 19, 1871 (No. 854), and compare it with the plan of the Town Hall, Northampton, also published by you on Noy. 8, 1861, he will see a parody of my design hardly less amusing. At Bradford Town Hall, Mr. Burges’s elevations of the Law Courts have also received an amount of attention which can only be regarded as the sincerest form of flattery. In commercial transactions this sort of flattery would be called something else, and be punished as it deserves. But in our liberal art, Mr. MacLaren and the son of the late Town Clerk of Northampton are only paying graceful compliments to Mr. Shaw and myself when they appropriate not merely our plans, but our peculiarities, and, as far as I am con- cerned, even our early errors and defects. e It is high time that the merits of all architectural designs should be placed to the credit of those to whom they belong. In the ranks of the profession Iam sorry to say are men who do not hesitate to assume to themselves the credit which belongs to their salaried assistants, and sometimes even to their pupils; others who make “ arrangements with young unknown architects, to supply designs for all the work that may hap to come into their office. In these, money is the guid pro quo; but for such contemptible practice as that exposed by Mr. Shaw there is no excuse, and, unfortunately, no