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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



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NEW CHURCHES. 



All Saints, Rise, Yorkshire.— CmisHis of a nave and cliancel in the First 

 Pointi'd style, a. .1 cnst ab()ut4000i ; it is cajiable ofconlaining 20i) persoin. 

 The cliancel is asccnilfd by one step at llie uave and two more at tlie altar. 

 The stalls and the fittings tliroushout are of oak ; the Boor is laid wilh 

 encaustic tiles; Jie wall as higli as the string-course is inlaid with tiles. 

 A recess in the wall is used for a credence. The east window of three 

 lancets, is filled with stained glass by Wailes. The stonework between 

 has received decora'ive colouring, and the walls are ornamenled wilh 

 scrolls. The spacej between the beams of the rouf are painted blue with 

 gilt stars. The capitals of ihe pillars are gilt. 



Ilomerton. — A uutv church is building in Homerton from the design of 

 Mr. Ashpitel. When we have praised ils malerial, Kenti.-b rag with the 

 dressings, &c., in Caen atone, and its general plan, chancel, uave, soulh- 

 aisle, porch, and wesi >ower, we have said all that we can in ils favour. 

 The chancel is very short, and a sacristy is add.d to the north-west , 

 instead of the nortli-east of the chancel. Again tlie style chosen is Third 

 Pointed, but witl: a poor attempt at tracery of tlie Middle pointed period. 

 The mouldings throu^AHout are very inaccurate. The west lower is si|iii;n-, 

 wilh a corner turret; all on too small a scale. The aisle is to haie a 

 separate gable, wilh great haunches. 



St. Jiilin, Eitst Chisleliurst, Kent. — The ground plan of this church is a 

 wide oblong, without any pretence to a chancel. There are iiorlh, south, 

 and west galleries, the latter conlaining the organ. -At the east end of Ihe 

 south cloister (here is a door labelled '■ Chiipel Cleric's Office." (.'orres- 

 poniling with this on the north side, is another door, with the inscription 

 " Minisier'.s Vcstri'" upon it. The altar, an old oaken table well carved ; 

 altar chairs the same; an altar-piece of Carrara mirble ; altar-rails of 

 massive grey marble ; a pulpit of oak paneled with has relief, a hcxa^^otial 

 font of white tinrblo ; a brass lectern; a litany desk (turned the wrong 

 way), these form a catalogue of gems seldom met with in this country. 

 Indeed the whole have been imponed from the continent. There are two 

 thin western towers capped with short shingled spires. One of them con- 

 tains six bells. The style of the church is inteiidt d to be Italiati. The 

 windows are all roundheaded triplets glazed with ground glass ; that 

 at the east end is included in an enormous arch of construction. The 

 nia.^onry is of Umt, with dressings of red and white brick, and white ashlar. 

 The roof is of stained deal. The church is said to have cost nearly 800l>/, 

 and holds 500 v.orsh>ipers. The architect is a Mr. Wolla^^on. Here one 

 has again to lame;:'; the lavish expenditure of mouey upon an unworthy 

 design. 



West Mean, Hnmpshire. — Consists of a ch&ncel, (SOfeet,) nave, (70,) 

 with aisles, south porch, and west tower. The style is the transilicui 

 between First and iMiddle Pointed, and yet there is not to be a spire. The 

 material is iiint dressed with stone. The reredos is a trefoile<l arcade. 

 There are sedilia, only however two in number, and a credence. The 

 roof and seats :;iL' of deal. The flooring of the chancel is blue and white 

 lias. Messrs. Scott and Moffatt are the architects, and the building par- 

 takes too much of the fineness conspicuous in their designs. In particular 

 we object to the pert-looking unmeaning window over the north door. 



Loughtun. — We have seen a lithographed view of "the new church, 

 Loughtou,"' taken from thn X.E,, to which Mr. S. Smirke's name is at- 

 tached as architect. It is a most unsatisfactory productiou: of English 

 Romanesque style, cruciform, with low square central tower, having no 

 capping whatever above ils parapet. The windows are all large and 

 round-headed: the side walls high : the strings clumsy: the buttres.-^es 

 very unlike Norman ; and the whole effect quite diifL-rent from that of any 

 ancient church we ever saw. The view shows a nurlb west porch, a doiu- 

 in the north transept, and a third door into a kind of 'belfry turret, which 

 occupies the angle between the north transept and chancel. The faces i^f 

 the two gable-fionlr shown iu Ihe view are recessed, not under corbel 

 tables, but under a flaisided triangular head following the lines of the low 

 gable, in Ihe most remarkable way. We thought it had been long ago ad- 

 mitted that all Romanesque towers ought to have a high caj^ping ; uothing 

 can be imagined worse than the flat parapet in Ihi^ example. 



Brockham, Uetchworih. Surre i — Consists of chancel, (not long enough, 

 but very much better tl.an the ordinary run,) nave, Iraucepts, an easlrni 

 aisle to each transept, north porch, and central tower. We haie often 

 protested against the adoption (except under peculiar circumstances.) of 

 the cruciform arrangement. In this case it was especially bad, because 

 the funds, we understand, fell short. The style 1= I'lrst Pointed. The 

 lancets are not too broad, but too short, and far too high up : the east end 

 contains a triplet of a very nondescript kind, 'i'he north porcli is im- 

 mensely too large, and absurdly elaboraie. Tlie sti iug-course is grievously 

 faulty. And, worse than all, the piers, both of these aisles and the belfry 

 arches, are made indeed of local sione, but are to be cased, and all ilie 

 mouldings, run, in plaister. On the whole, this church is very unworthy 

 of Mr. Ferrey. 



Tubney, lierksliire. — A small church, the shell of which did not cost 

 more than dOUl. or TQ'Jl, has been built herefrom the designs of Mr. Pugiii, 

 at the expense of St. Mary Magdalen College, (J.\ford. The most striking 

 feature is the roof, of unusually sharp and lofty piich : which lias beeu 

 censured as excessive by many who are most disposed to f.ivour higli roots. 

 Ihe well-known example of the roof of All Saints, Sktllon, may be pleaded 

 as a precedent. The west end displays a bell gable of two arclu-s, and a 

 quatrefoil pierced between the heads, with a floriated cross above. All 



the windows on the north are of one narrow light with trefoil heads ; the 

 east window of the cha,-:CL-l has three lights wilh flowing tracery, and those 

 on the south side are of two lights in form and prui-.irtiun like I'ho^e on the 

 norlh. The plan consists of chancel, vestry in the north side, nave, and 

 south porch, the whole paved with small tiles rf a fh.fk red colour. The 

 altar and pulpit are of stone, both plain, as is almost every detail of the 

 church, wilh the excepiiou of the font, which is very richly and beautifully- 

 carved. 



St. James, WnodsiJe.—We have seen a wood-engraving of this church 

 from the uorlh-west. The archilect is Mr. C. W. Burleigh, of Leeds. The 

 style is Middle Pointed ; and the plan consists of a chancel, nave with 

 west hell-cote and west door, north aisle, with a separafe gable, and north 

 porch. All th^ gables are coped in stone, and have cros.'as. Upon ihe 

 whole we are W3ll satisfied, and hope to meet Mr. Burlein-h u^^ain. 



Sanilown Brat^hig, Isle of U'if;Ut. — We have seen a lithog-:iph of the new 

 church about to b • erected at Sandown lii-ading. Isle of Wight, in the First 

 Pointed style. There is a south aisle under a .separata gable. The cast 

 window of the aisle is a trijilet, and too much like a chancel east window. 

 The tower wilh broa.l. spire is engaged in the aisle at its west end. The' 

 roofs are of a good pitch. Mr. Woodman is the architect of Saudowu 

 church. 



CHURCH RESTORATIONS. 



St. Mary, Battel. — Some very interesting wall-paintings, were lately dis- 

 covered in the seini-ljomauesque nave of the decanal church of St. Mary, 

 Battel. In spite of earnest remonstrances the churchwardens have again 

 whitewashed them. The splays of the clerestory windows were Idled 

 with whole lengtli figures. The works in Ihe chaucel and its aisles will 

 be done in the right direction, these being free from churchwarden's in- 

 fluence. 



St. Marij, Snettisham. — The magnificent Middle Pointed west window 

 of this church has been opened ami repaired by Ihe exertions of the curate. 

 It is to be tilled with stained glass by Mr. Warriip.;tou. 



St. Michael, Sowtoii, Demnshire. — The churcii of St. Michael, Sowton, 

 Devonshire, has been recently rebuilt, at ihe sole charge of J. CJarreil] 

 Esq. Mr. Hayward is the arcliilect. The style is Third Pointed. The' 

 plan consists of chancel, nave, north aisles, and western lower. The stone 

 is red-sandstone ashlared ; Ihe dressings are of Caen stone. The exterior 

 efl'ect is described as being religious and unobtrusive. There is no saving 

 of expense externally. and there is much enrichment within. The windows 

 are filled wilh stained glass chiefly by Willement. 



St. Leonard, Bee/ord, Vorkshire. — This church consistrd of a chancel, 

 nave, and south aisle, and presented all the disfigurements of sash windows 

 pagau Tate-and-Brady galleries, with a low ceiling entirely hiding the 

 wood-work. The restoration has been uuderlakea and carried out in an 

 excellent s-piril. A new norlh aiije has been added, containing four win- 

 dows. In Ihe nave the ceiling has been removed, and the old roof has been 

 enriched wilh cusps, &c. Tlie gallery which occupied the western end, 

 and completely blocked up the lower, and a very beautiful arch, has beeu 

 pulled down, and opens to view a fine Third Pointed window. A lar"-e 

 stack of pulpit and reading desk is shortly tj be rt placed by new ones 

 of proper proportions. 



St. Mary. Riimsei/. — The magnificent abbey church of St. Mary, 

 Romsey, is under restoration by Mr. Ferrey. The spirit with which the' 

 "ork has been undertaken is desening of all praise. We are grieved 

 however to see such little respect paid lo the peculiar character of the 

 Romanesque masonry. The new work is fine-dress.J and close-jointed. 

 Such an alteration goes far towards destroying Ihe jennineness of any 

 building. The oliensive gallery which spanned the church has beenalready 

 swept away, and the lantern is about to be opened. 



St. Marij, Eastwcll, Kent. — The church which is mainly Middle Pointed, 

 is of that peculiarly unmanageable form, a chancel and na -e, with a single 

 aisle (a south one) wider than the nave ilselt", and with a separate roof. 

 The nave has a chancel arch, not the aisle. A rood-screen h, - been put up, 

 and Ihe east end of the aisle parclosed otf. The parclose has no open'.ai' 

 at all, leaving the chanlry to be entered perforce through Ihe chaucel. The 

 wood-work is very costly and well-intentioned, wanting however in sim- 

 plicity and in force. The prayer-desk we are sorry lo say looks w.'sl. 

 There are altar chairs, arranged however north and south. We may in 

 passing, remark the extreme shortness of the chancel. The nave and 

 aisle are filled with open seats of oak, wilh poppy-heads. 



St. Botolph, Boston. — The restoration of the magnificent church of St. 

 Botolph, Boston, under the superintendence of Siessrs. Scott and Molfatt, 

 has commenced. The inlerior of Ihe uave has already been denuded of 

 whuewash, and some arcbiteclural resturatioDS have been made in the 

 exterior. 



St. Denis, Rutherjield, Kent.— The shingle roofing of the spire (sur- 

 mounted by a iiiibie cross aud a cock), and tue interior of the chaucel have 

 been repaired ; the piscina, sed/lia, aud ihe atuup at the Priest's door, all 

 in the south wall, have beeu restored. The piscina is circular-headed ■ 

 Ihe sedilia are birst Pointed, and composed of two arches of unequal span,' 

 separated by a single shaft, aud apparently intended for one aud two 

 occupants respeciivcly. The pavement of the entire sacrariuni has beea 

 raised. 



iS'(. Julian, Welhtc. — The oak open benches in the uave have been 

 carefully restored, aud the fine rood-otreeu cleaned. The cliancel has beea 

 rebuilt aad ils roof baded. Ils littini;s aie unfyrluualei) oi deal. A wesS 



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