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��arch with plain sunk spandrels in a square head with a moulded and embattled cornice ; the jambs are moulded to match the piscina and windows. In the north wall are two modernized doorways, one between the first and second bays, and the other in the third bay and opening into a modern wing. The south doorway is in the third or westernmost bay ; it has an old two-centred arch and modern jambs of two orders.

In the west wall south of the great window were two doorways one over the other, but they are now filled in. The walls were originally of flint, but the east wall and the first two bays of the south have been faced with modern ashlar ; in the west wall can be seen a worked stone with an edge roll, imbedded among the flints ; the turrets are also faced with ashlar and have rather perished surfaces. A general restora- tion of the building took place in 1886, before which time it was in a very dilapidated condition. Unfor- tunately Godstone stone was used for the dressings, with the consequence that some of the stones, particu- larly those in the head of the west window, are already beginning to show signs of decay ; modern buttresses strengthen the south wall. There was a porch with a chamber over it at the south doorway, but the dates of its erection and destruction do not now appear. A late or modern building still remains against the north wall. The roof is gabled, has two modern trusses, and a plastered cradle ceiling. The parapets are embattled.

The church of ST. PETER, NORBITON, London Road, is a building of white and stock brick with stone dressings, built in 1842 in the style of the 1 2th century and consisting of a chancel, north and south transepts, nave with a gallery on three sides, narrow gabled aisles, west porches and a north-west tower of four stages ; the roofs are covered with slates. The reredos and quire fittings are of oak and of later and better design than the fabric. The churchyard is chiefly on the north side towards the road, is planted with shrubs, &c., and fenced by an iron railing.

The church of ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, Grove Lane, is a building of Kentish rag with Bath stone dressings, erected in 1872 in the style of the latter half of the 131)1 century ; it has a chancel, nave, north and south transepts, aisles, north-east vestry, south porch, and the stump of a proposed south-east tower ; the roofs are tiled. The church- yard, sown with grass, surrounds the building, and has an iron railing on the west and south sides towards the roads.

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, Queen's Road, Kingston Hill, is an unfinished building of stone dating from 1878 and in the style of the I3th century. It con- sists at present of a nave, with a clearstory, and north and south aisles, the chancel not being yet built.

ST. LUKE'S CHURCH, Gibbon Road, is a large building of red brick and stone in 13th-century style, erected in 1890. It has an apsidal chancel with a vaulted ceiling of wood, nave of five bays with stone pillars and brick arches and having a clearstory of lancets, north and south aisles, north organ-chamber, over which rises a tower with a tall octagonal brick spire, south chapel, vestry, porches, &c. The chancel and the chapel are closed by iron screens painted black and gold. The font is of alabaster and marble, the pulpit of carved oak. The roofs are covered with

��slates. The churchyard is small and planted with shrubs, &c.

ST. MARK'S CHURCH, Victoria Road, Surbiton, is a large building of stone in the 14th-century style, consecrated in 1845. It consists of a chancel, north and south transepts, north-east vestry, and south-east organ-chamber, nave with a clearstory, aisles, south porch and a north-west tower with a tall octagonal broach spire of stone. An arcade of five bays with grey stone pillars and plastered arches divides the nave from the south aisle, and a similar arcade with the addition of a smaller west bay from the north aisle. At the west end is a gallery. The pulpit and font are of stone and marble. The churchyard is triangu- lar in plan ; it contains many graves, and is inclosed by a hedge and wood fence.

CHRIST CHURCH, King Charles Road, is a building of red and other coloured bricks with stone dressings of a late I 2th or early 1 3th-century style, built in 1863. It has a chancel with gabled aisles, nave of five bays having stone pillars and brick arches, and a clearstory with small circular windows, low aisles, vestries, and south porch ;a small cote over the chancel arch contains one bell.

The church of ST. ANDREW, Maple Road, was built as a chapel of ease to St. Mark's in 1872. It is of various coloured bricks and stone in 13th- century style. It has a shallow chancel with deep transepts, nave, aisles, west baptistery, and a tall north tower with a gabled head. The nave has arcades of four bays, a clearstory of lancets, and a panelled vaulted ceiling ; the pulpit is of carved oak ; the font of stone with marble shafts ; the reredos is a tall one of stone.

ST. MATTHEWS CHURCH, Ewell Road, is a large well-built structure of stock brick and stone in the style of the 1 3th century, erected in 1 874. It has a vaulted apsidal chancel, north-east and south-east vestries, north and south transepts, nave, aisles, and a south-west porch-tower with a tall octagonal stone spire. The interior wall facing is of stock brick ; the nave arcades are of four bays with round pillars and pointed arches to the aisles and of a single large bay to each transept. The roofs are open-timbered and gabled. The churchyard, which is planted with shrubs and grass, is bounded by a stone wall to the roads on the south and east sides.

The church of ST. ANDREW, Ham, stands on Ham Common. It consists of a chancel erected in 1900, nave built in 1832, and south aisle added in 1860. The chancel with the vestry south of it are built of red brick with stone dressings. The nave is of stock brick and Bath stone, and has two small turrets at the west end. It is roofed by a flat gable. A stone arcade of four bays divides it from the aisle. Both nave and aisle are wide in proportion to their length. A gallery spans the west end.

A good oak lych-gate has been recently placed at the entrance to the churchyard, in which lie many naval and military officers and several members of the nobility.

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, Hook, which has replaced an earlier church built in 1835, is a small building dating from 1883. It is of red brick and stone in the style of the 141)1 century, and consists of a chancel, north vestry and organ chamber, nave, north aisle, and south porch. There is an alabaster reredos with medallions of the Evangelists. The altar

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