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 THE BUILDING NEWS. June 21, 1872. Ba i" a IOTOUOATASITTCAVTTTTTANT DATTA ry I Fil Laver BORING AND MORTISING MACHINE (Described on page 507). Hulding Intelligence. CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. 3ATHFORD.—On Wednesday week, the Church of Bathford was reopened after restoration. The alteration may be considered a total rebuilding of the naye, south aisle, and chancel, only a few square yards of the old walls of the latter remaining. The south aisle has been slightly widened and lengthened westwards, and a south chancel aisle has been added. Some sixteen years since a north aisle and arcade and south porch were built, and the present works area sequel to that, the style throughout being Early Decorated. The roofs are of fir, open- timbered, and covered with slates. The internal walls are lined with dressed stone, the arched open- ings being relieved with shafts and corbels moulded andcarved. The carving was done by Mr. Boulton, of Cheltenham. All the windows are from the studio of the architect, Mr. F. Preedy, of London. The builders were Mr. Newman, of Bathford, and Mr. Silver, of Maidenhead. The cost of the works has been £2,500, Cnor-ron-cum-Harpy.—On Saturday after- noon the foundation stone of a new Wesleyan Chapel was laid at Chorlton-cum-Hardy. The building will be of stone, in the Gothic style, and will seat about 500 persons. The estimated outlay is about £4,000. The architect is Mr. H. J. Paul, and the contractor Mr. J. Terras. Hvuri.—The new church of S. Barnabas, Hull, was consecrated on 8. Barnabas’ Day. The chureh is to consist of nave and north aisle, with organ chamber and vestry and chancel, with apsidal ter- mination. Accommodation is at present provided for 512 persons, but ground has been secured for tower and south aisle, and when these are erected the church will seat 800 people. The building will be ared brick structure with stone dressings, and will have stock brick facings to the interior, with moulded brick arches, Bath stone shafts, &c. The architect is Mr. Samuel Musgraye, of Hull. Tue Incorporated Cuurcn Burnie Socrery. —The Incorporated Church Building Society held its usual monthly meeting (the last but one for the present session) on Monday last. Grants of money were made in aid of the following objects—viz., building new churches at Halifax, S. Augustine, and Hull, S. Jude; rebuilding the churches at Dun- ton, near Brentwood; Quarndon, near Derby; and Chieveley, near Newbury; enlarging or otherwise increasing the accommodation in the churches at Ashbury, near Shrivenham; Chorlesbury, near Tring; Clymping, near Littlehampton; Eye, near Leominster ; and S. Sithney, near Penzance. Grants were also made from the School Church and Mission-house Fund towards building school churches at Barbrook Mill, in the parish of Lynton, Devon; New Colwyn, in the parish of Llandrillo-yn-Rhos; Red Banks, in the parish of S. Thomas, Manchester; and Llanwr- playfd, in the parish of Trawsfynydd, Merioneth. THe Aneio-Saxon Cuurcn, Braprorp-on- Ayon.—A fund is being raised with a view to the preservation of this remarkable building, which is really unique, being, it is believed, the only perfect one of its date and character still remaining in Eng- land. The church, which is dedicated to S. Laurence, was, we learn, most probably built towards the end of the tenth or at the beginning of the eleventh century. It consists of a nave, chancel, and porch on the north side. In the early part of the eighteenth century the nave and porch were conveyed by a member of the Methuen family for the purpose of a school for the children of the parish. At that time probably the chancel arch was walled up and mutilated and the two portions of the church treated as separate buildings, the chancel being used as a cottage ever since. A short time since the chancel anda portion of the ground immediately surround- ing the building was purchased in the name of the Vicar, and a committee of trustees has been formed for the purpose of preserving and restoring so ancient a monument. Watwyn’s Castte Cuurcu.— The restoration of this fine church, which was, unfortunately, inter- rupted several years ago, whilst the tower and other portions of the sacred edifice were in a roofless state, is shortly to be resumed by Mr. Henry Edwards, of Milford, under the care of the architeét, Mr. E. H. Lingen Barker, of Hereford. BUILDINGS. NorriAmpron.—A new County Asylum is about to be erected, from the designs of Mr. R. Griffiths, of Stafford. It will accommodate 542 patients, and in plan and arrangement will combine the block and corridor systems. The elevations will consist of the best red brickwork, relieved with stone and white brick dressings, the design throughout being of simple character. A large tower will rise from the centre, 150ft. high to the top of the vane, and 20ft. square, containing a water tank holding 25,000 gallons. A church will be built near the entrance, of stone, consisting in plan of a nave and aisles, chancel, vestry, two retiring rooms, and porch. The tenders were opened on the 8th inst., and that of Messrs. Smith was accepted, the amount being £68,000. —__>__—_. The death is reported of a Mr. Thomas Gloyer, retired builder, of Abbotsham, near Bideford, at the age of 99. Deceased leaves four daughters and three sons, 45 grandchildren, and 90 great grandchildren. The Somerset Archmwological Society's annual excursions and meetings will commence at Taunton on September 10th, and continue during the ensuing three days. On Monday week the memorial stone of 8. Paul's boys’ parochial school, was laid at Oxford. The cost will be £950. Mr. Buckeridgo is the architect, and Mr. Selby the builder. The foundation stone of a new Wesleyan Chapel was laid at Willenhall on Monday week. ‘The dimensions will be 47ft. long by 24ft. wide, and 17ft. in height. The building will accommodate 300 persons, at a cost of £500. On the 2nd instant two new altars recently erected in the (Roman) Catholic Church of S. Thomas, Claughton, were dedicated, one to Our Lady and the other to S. Joseph. The statuary is by Mr. W. J. Hastings, of London. On Friday morning the new church of S. Simon; Liverpool, was consecrated. TO CORRESPONDENTS. [We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our correspondents. 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Yours on “School Board Competition” is no suggestive. W. J. SHrvuBSOLE.—The plan to hand, H. BATTERBURY.—In a week or two. Correspondence, —— MR. NORMAN SHAW AND MR. MACLAREN To the Editor of the Buttpine News. Srr,—In December, 1863, I made a design for a Scotch villa for Wm. Ramsey, Esq., Perth, North Britain, and in that I have some chimneys and two gables exactly like Mr. Shaw’s. I copied these from an elevation I saw in the hands of and made by Mr, Reddie, architect, Perth. I believe Mr. Reddie took them from a German book on half-timbered houses. I am not quite sure about this, however. Perhaps Mr. MacLaren may have seen the book I mention. I presume Mr. Shaw will allow that I did not take the idea from his works published in your valuable paper.—I am, &e., J.S. Srewart. 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, S.E., June 19. [The information in the above letter is good enough as far as it goes, but it does not touch Mr. Norman Shaw’s complaint. That gentleman says nothing about chimneys or gables. “He says that his plan and that of Mr. MacLaren are remarkably similar, so similar in fact, that one is very much a copy of the other, and he publishes his plan, so that others may make a comparison, and test the accuracy of his statement.—Eb. |
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