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in their way perfect iron castings. St. Philip's Church, as 
a gothic edifice, comes next in art merit, though at a good 
distance ; it it a clever piece of architectural grouping and 
cuts the sky line well. Many of the details of the exte- 
rior, and especially those of the unfortunate leaning 
tower are poor, weak, and of bad design. The arch and 
iron spandrels of the interior are certainly to be admired 
as an artistic and judicious application of good cast iron 
work, and where soft wood has so many enemies, the use 
of metal, as hinted before, is more than justifiable. Some 
one not totally estranged to architecture must have had to 
do with St. Philip's Church. The front of Christ Church is 
about the poorest piece of pretentious gothic work in the 
town, but it was built no doubt before men knew better, 
or without any leading genius^to crib selections for it, as 
St. Philip's Church seems to have had. The Catholic 
Church in Main Street has some very good Italian 
design and effective moulding about it ; and certainly 
the facade, though somewhat low or stunted, is the 
finest ecclesiastical specimen of that style in Demerara. 
More elevation to the side towers, and more height 
or spring to the semi-cupola covering would have 
much improved the front of the building ; nor is 
there anything to prevent these last suggestions 
from being carried out at some future time. There 
is a little school chapel in Alexander Street, of com- 
mon material but simply built, possessing, certainly 
not art beauty, but more art character than many of the 
smaller buildings of similar sort in town, and had the 
windows only been arched instead of square, the little 
building would claim art respect. The most has been 
made of the material used, and no useless or false 
