General Architectural Intelligence.

GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE .

On Monday , the 21 st ult ., a new church at Kingstone , near Uttoxeter , Staffordshire , was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese . The old church at Kingstone was an unsightly building , both externally and internally . It consisted of a common brick tower , erected above an old stone building , the walls and floor very damp , and the pews inconvenient and in a dilapidated condition . It was one of

the first acts of the Earl of Shrewsbury upon being invested with his present title and the estates attached , to visit Kingstone , and determine upon the erection of the new church at his own cost . It consists of a nave , 60 ft . long by 22 ft . wide ; a chancel , 25 ft . long by 16 ft . wide ; a south aisle and a vestry , -with a tower , and spire on the north side , containing three bells . The nave is divided from the aisle

by an arcade of five arches . The seats are all open , of deal stained and varnished . The roofs are open timbered , carried upon carved stone corbels . The style is Early English . The walls are built partly wdth the materials from the old church , and partly withuew stonefrom the Hollington quarries . The pulpit and font are made of the same stone , and are richly carved . The floors are paved with Minton's tiles . Under the

vestry a vault has been constructed , in which it is intended to place a heating apparatus . The church will accommodate 300 persons , including children . The whole cost of the building is about £ 2000 .

The restoration of the church of St . Mary Bishophill Junior , York , which has been closed for fifteen months , having beeD completed , has been re-opened . In the interior of the church , the old square pews , which were only capable of accommodating 180 persons , have been removed , and sittings obtained for 360 . A west window has been substituted for a doorway which led into the churchyard . The

tower has been fitted with seats for the accommodation of the children . The floor level has been raised 10 in ., and the whole concreted , and the floors and aisles laid upon sleeper walls , so as to secure freedom from dampness . The wooden windows of the south aisle , and its ugly modern brick porch have been taken away , the aisle has been completely restored , and a stone porch and three varied decorated

windows have been erected . This part of the restoration has been undertaken at the suggestion and through the liberality of the Dean of York . The chancel has been restored . by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners , as representatives of the Dean and Chapter of York , the patrons and rectors of the church , in strict accordance with the original work , except that an open timber roof has been substituted for the flat

ceilings of the chancel and aisle . This has added to the -effect of the chancel as well as to the general appearance of the church . The church is fitted with three star gas-lights , one in the tower , one in the chancel , and one in the body of the church . The communion rail is of iron . The east window has a richer border than the others ; the central liht contains a the subject being Christ receiving

g group , children , and , on a scroll beneath , the words " My son , give me thine heart . " The old organ has been made into a swell , and . a new great organ of seven stops added . The cost of the alterations has been about £ 800 .

In the restoration of St . Andrew ' s Church , Rushmere , the Norman doorway has been carefully preserved , and rebuilt in the south wall , and forms the principal entrance . A square font stands under the tower arch ; its four angles are enriched with the dog-tooth ornament , and on its eastern face a circular panel boars the device of the sacred monogram laid on the St . Andrew ' s cross . The aislewhich is an

addi-, tion to the former building , is separated from the nave by an arcade of two arches , springing from a semi-Norman column . There is no stone chancel arch , a bold oak rib arched in a trefoil shape , and springing from carved stone corbels , separates the nave roof from the chancel roof . The old oak roof of the nave has been preserved . The chancel roof has been entirelrefrained in oakThe is of oak

y new . pewing , the aisle and centre passage being treated exactly " alike . The open benches are terminated by carved heads ; for these a few mutilated fragments of the original pewing—long hidden in the high deal framing which formed the pewing of of the bad period to which doors belonged—have given the

key . A panel of tracery work covers the whole surface of the side . Einials of varying design form the terminations , and on the elbows are angels , in different occupations of prayer or praise , with scrolls or musical instiuuients : the two nearest the door vary from the others , inasmuch as angels here carry , one a representation of the tower of the Churchand the other a model of the chancelthe respective

, , gifts of a Mrs . Cadge inl 520 , and of the present Marquis of Bristol ; and the arms of these donors are placed on the finials . In the original fragments the elbows appeared to have carried animals ; but the architect suggested-that they should be Angels .

The seventeenth annual meeting of the Coventry School of Art has just boon held ; Lord Leigh in the chair . St . Mary ' s Hall was crowded . The report stated that the school had jsassed through a difficult year with an average amount of success . The number of students entered on the books during the past year was 337 , against 365 in 1859-60 , and 363 in . 1858-9 . These figures show a decrease , in number ,

of 28 students , and may in some measure have been caused by the badness of trade . The fees received from the pupils in the central , school have , however , decreased in still greater proportion , a circumstance to be dej : > lored , as it is from this source mainly that the masters of the Schools of Art must in future look for their remuneration . The accounts still exhibit a largo balance against the school . The adverse

balance of about £ 30 , mentioned in the last report , still remains . " Under the auspices of Lord Leigh , " the president , continued the report , " a new feature has this year been introduced into the . ribbon trade . An exhibition of ribbons and designs took place in September last , to compete for the gold and silver medals offered by the president . This

exhibition snowed m tne clearest way the practical value ot the School of Art to the ribbon trade . The character of the ribbons and designs exhibited far surpassed any former efforts . The exhibition was so complete a success that it may almost be looked upon as the first step towards the removal of that feeling of prejudice against Coventry ribbons which has so long existed to the detriment of our trade . With regard to the made towards the

erecprogress tion of the new schools , the building committee have to report that the whole of the preliminary steps are completed , the plans having been sealed by the Committee of Council on Education , and a tender of Mr . Mault ' s for the building , amounting to £ 2 , 135 , accepted . The whole estimate , including all extras , is £ 3 , 000 . It therefore only remains to collect the necessary subscriptionsThe amount now stands

. at above £ 2 , 000 . It is proposed to commence the building when the amount reaches £ 2 , 300 . " It was announced at the meeting that as soon as the £ 3 , 000 were made up , Mr . Samuel Carter , jun ., Solicitor to the London and North-Western Railway Company , and a native of Coventry , will contribute £ 500 for behoof of the school .

The fifth annual meeting of the Taunton School of Art has been held at the Rooms , Bath-place . There was a very large assemblage of the friends and pupils . Mr . A . Mills , M . P ., jDresided . The report stated that the school during the past year had fully sustained its previous character for efficiency and usefulness . The number of pupils , morning and evening , receiving instruction in the school , is about

150 , to this is to be added 430 ( including 230 in Wellington ) of the children of the working classes , who in the public schools receive from this Institution instruction and training in elementary drawing . The number of medals awarded by the inspector is 22 . Mr . W . A . Sanford , in moving the adoption of the report , said there was one passage in it which particularly struck himand of which ho heartil

-, y ap proved . It was the recommendation that the employers of skilled labour should send their apprentices to this school to be educated in art . A singular instance occurred to him , a very short time ago . He was then staying in a town of considerable size , and he sent to a leading cabinetmaker for an Ionic column ; a design and a scale drawing beiug furnished him . He certainly made somethingbut there was

; not one single proportion in that column correct ; many of the proportions being as much as one-half out . This showed the necessity there was for people knowing what a drawing meant ; and one could not know what a drawing meant unless he could draw somewhat himself . He was extremely sorry