General Architectural Intelligence.

relations . A large stained window is to be erected , also at the expense of the Woodforde family , in the chancel . The original estimated cost of rebuilding the church was £ 800 , but the expenses altogether will probably reach £ 1000 . The village church of Llandogo , on the banks of the Wye ,

nas been rebuilt . The nave is divided into three aisles , by three arches on either side . Around these arches a series of chocolate and slate-coloured bands is carried , and the pillars and the chancel are decorated with bands of chocolate . The roof is open timber work with carved corbels , ancl the ceiling which appears between the rafters is slate-coloured . The font and pulpit are carved in stone ; the seats are open ,

varnished , but not painted ; an open grating- runs up the middle aisle , of intricate pattern ; and the tracery of the window over the communion tabic was appai-ontly suggested by the east window in Tintern Abbey . Tho reconstruction of the church entailed an expense of £ 1650 . On August 21 st , the parish church of Ilkley was formally re-opened bthe Lord Bishop of Ri The church has

y pon . , during the past year , undergone restoration and enlargement , the nave and south aisle having been extended ¦ eastward 16 fd ., aud the north aisle 40 ft ., including organ ¦ chamber and vestry . The old oak roof of the nave still remains , but has had the plaster ceiling removed , and has been repaired and varnished . A five-light painted glass window has been given by Mr . John Margerison , of

Bradford . The subject is the Crucifixion . The alterations , ¦ exclusive of window , have cost upwards of £ 1300 , which ¦ sum has been subscribed principally by the visitors to this watering-place . The foundation-stone of a now church for the United Presbyterian congregation , Stonehaven , has been laid with Masonic honours . The building will include a church , seated for about 350 persons , and a school-room to accommodate nearly 50 pupils , session-house , & c . It is expected that the cost will not exceed £ 700 .

The WindhillNational School and Church-Service Room , which stands on a site in the central part of Windhill , near Leeds , has been opened . The school is in the ornamental Gothic style . It is in the form of the letter T . Its length is 63 ft ., and breadth 20 ft ., excepting the upper part , which , is 45 ft . Adjoining the school there is a house for the teacher . The entire cost of the building , including all

requisites , is estimated at £ 1726 . Of this sum £ 1548 is already raised . The site is valued at £ 300 . Labourers' cottages have been erected in the village ol Orpington , Kent , at a cost of £ 180 the pair . They contain four rooms each . The living-rooms are 14 ft . by 12 ft . The ¦ scullery of each cottage is fitted with a sink , and pump for the supply of fresh water from a well . The elevations are

• decorated with coloured brick arches , bands , and various devices . Each of these cottages is let for £ 6 10 s . per annum . The foundations of the Exchange building , Blackburn , are making progress ; and in a few weeks the erection of the superstructure will be let , and the work proceeded with , with the _ least possible delay . The area of tho large room , which will be used on Wednesdays for Exchange

purposes , mid for concerts , balls , and public meetings , when required , is 7290 ft ., which is considerably more than the area of the assembly-room in the Town Hall . The enterprise of Blackburn is thus providing for its present population of 63 , 000 an Exchange building half as large as the Manchester Exchange ; aud upwards of 3000 ft . longer than Manchester provided in 1809 for the commercial wants of a nonulation

of 100 , 000 . Maidenhead Congregational Chapel , ivhieh has been closed during the summer for the purpose of making several alterations , was opened for public worship on Thursday , the 22 nd ult . The chapel , previous to the alteration , was very inconvenient and badly ventilated , and the want of more room for Sunday-school operations , and a suitable place for

holding the evening services in the week , had been felt for a long time . The chapel was much after the style of those old places generally found in country towns , and several were of opinion that the best plan would bo cither to take it entirely down and rebuild it , or use it for a school room and build a new chapel in another part of the town . But this plan , on account of the expense , did not meet the views ofthe majority , so the old side walls were destined to remain .

The front of the chapel has been brought forward several feet , and about the same space has been cut off , which forms the room for evening service during tho week , and over ifc are two large class rooms , intended to be used for bibleclasses on Sundays , and such other purposes for which they may be required . The old flat ceiling of the chapel has been removed , and a new arched one , with ventilators afc the ends and glass in the centre , has been substituted .

About a fortnight since the chief stone of a church , in Millbrook , near Staleybridge , Kent , was laid by Mr . John Harrison , his father Mr . Abel Harrison , the owner of a large cotton mill in the village , having contributed the handsome sum of £ 1 , 200 towards the building . The site , one acre , and £ 200 are liberally given by the Earl of Stamford , who also gives an acre of laud for aparsonage house . The church

is to seat 500 persons . The building of St . Andrew ' s Church , Leicester , is now so far advanced as to enable a correct estimate to be formed of its general appearance when completed . The style of architecture is Early English , and the ground plan consists of a nave with transepts , a chancel with semi-circular apse , and a vestry at the north-east corner . The principal

entrances are at tho west end , and through a lofty porch on the south side the church is built almost entirely of brick , the exterior being red and the interior yellow , and both ornamentally banded with blue . The windows are simple , and there is no carving on any of the stone-work , but the effect of the whole , both internally and externally , is graceful and pleasing . A chamber for the organ is built over the vestry and

opens into the chancel , while the organist will sit beneath . The sound of the organ will , however , be very much confined , and , if it is not too late , the western wall of the organ chamber should be pierced , so as to allow the sound to flow uninterruptedly into the body of the chiu-ch . The chancel and transepts are separated from the nave by lofty brick arches , and tho roof is of very high pitch and wide span .

As far as can be judged from the present state of the building , the church will be rather dark , tho massive brick mullious of the windows intercepting much of the light ; it will , however , no doubt , be sufficiently light for all necessary

purposes . In the afternoon of Monday , the 18 th ult ., the corner stone of tho New Methodist Free Church , Orchard , Lancashire , was laid in the presence of a largo audience . The design is in the Gothic style of the JEarly Decorated period . Tho arrangements comprise a school room , 45 ft . 6 in . by 28 ft . 6 in . ; three class rooms , 17 ffc . 6 in ., 16 ft . and 10 ft . longrespectivelb 12 ft . Sin . wide ; and a

, y , y minister ' s vestry , on the basement floor , with entrances through side doors ( in each tower ) from the upper school yards ; and a church on the ground floor , 52 ft . by 42 ft ., with east , west , and south galleries , containing sittings for 700 persons . The facade is 50 ft . in width , flanked by two stair towers , with octagonal spires above ; the spires arc 63 ft . to the top ofthe finials . The towers stand on a deep weathered

and moulded base ; at 16 ft . from the ground is an arcade of thirteen pointed arches , on light engaged columns , resting on a moulded cill , surrounding each tower . Above the arcade the towers are weathered back a little , and then rise to the height of 35 ft ., where they are surrounded by a neat moulded cornice , resting in an eaves-course , pierced ivith trefoils , from which tho bases of the spires commence , aud

are carried up to a height of 6 ft ., where an open octagon arcade of trel ' oiled arches , supported on circular piers , with moulded caps and bases , carries the remainder of each spire which are pierced midway ( between the arcade and the finial ) with eight canopied lucarnes , and crowned with large carved finial . The centre compartment rises to the height of 46 ft ., and is crowned by a square panelled shaft , with canopied

pinnacle and carved finial ; the sides are flanked with projecting buttresses , terminating in the same manner ; the height of the compartment is divided into two stages by a plain band between two string moulds , tho lower portion has two two-light windows , with quartretoil tracery in heads , lighting the sittings under the south gallery , and the upper a large three-light window , with rich tracery , under a moulded arch , supported by light banded shafts , with carved caps and moulded bases , the principal entrances are between the second compartments and the towers , and