General Architectural Intelligence.

The church of Martock , Somerset , has been re-opened . The carved oak roof has been repaired and made secure . The side-aisle roofs , which are panelled , arenew . The aisles are continued into the chancel , forming a pseudo transept - The chancel roof is of plain oak , panelled . An Early English quintupled eastern AA'indoAV , Avhich had been blocked by a Grecian altarpiocehas been thrown open ; as have

up , also the west window and a west arch , formerly obscured by the organ , which has been enlarged and repaired at a cost £ 200 . It is enclosed in a Gothic case , illuminated . The seats have been made uniform , and there has been a gain of 300 sittings . £ 3500 have been spent on the work , and there is a deficiency of £ 500 in the funds . During the alterations the remains of an old Saxon edifice were found .

The little church of Coppenhall has been restored and re-opened . The neAV root is covered with brindled tiles , and a shingle campanile surmounts the ridge over the west gable . The lancet Avindows have been restored , and glazed Avith light amber-tinted glass . In the interior there has been a substitution of stalls in place of peAvs , a UCAV pulpit , and the floor paved with tiles . There is accommodation for

about seventy-five persons . Aburial-groundhasbeen added . The cost of the restoration , & c , will be about £ 500 . A neAV church has been erected at Torkleton , six miles from Shrewsbury , on a singularly beautiful site . The edifice consists of a nave , with south lean-to aisle , and tower at south-west angle , chancel Avith south aisle , and vestry to the north . The entrance to the church is under the toAver ,

which , Avith the spire , rises to the height of 100 ft . The materials used are Cardiston stone , Avith Avhite Grins hill dressings , and bands and alternate voussoirs of red and Avhite Grinshill to arches of windoAVs , & c . A IOAV stone screen divides chancel and nave . The roofs are covered with Staffordshire tile . Ths seats are open and moveable , affording accommodation for 240 people .

The re-opening of the parish church , Gilmorton , Leicestershire , took place last week . The morning Avas ushered by the bell ringing , band playing , flags flying , and the smiling , happy countenances of old and young welcoming a day which ¦ had been long looked for . To thoso that were acquainted with the old | church ( erected probably in the thirteenth or fourteenth century , and latterly very much dilapidated ) ,

and its limited and exclusive accomodation , th eneAV church . Avill appear an immense improvement , as , Avith the exception of the toAver ( the loAver part of Avhich has been repointed , & c ) , the present church is an entirely new erection , being built of stone and the roof covered Avith green Welsh slates . The old edifice internally consisted of nave , north aisle , and ichancel , and would probably accommodate about 250 hearers . The nevp one has nave , north and south aisles , and chancel , and is estimated to sent about 450 . The floor of the

building is inlaid Avith Minton's tiles , those in the chancel and altar being glazed . The pews are of oak ; low backs , ancl open . The carving of the pulpit and altar is very chaste aud splendid , so also is the stone carving of the the capitals , & o . The font is of Caen stone , on marble pillar , with a . NorAvay oak lid , beautifully covered with ornamental wrought brass-Avork . Tho original contract for the

buildingwas £ 1860 , but various alterations and additions having heen made , the outlay has been nearly £ 2000 , towards which the General Church Building Society has kindly granted £ 250 , and the Leicester Church Building Societ } ' , £ 100 . Subscriptions have also been given amounting to upAvards of £ 1400 , leaving about £ 250 to be obtained previous to the opening service to balance the outlay .

The chancel of Louth ( Lincolnshire ) parish church , Avhich has not been occupied for a twelvemonth , Avas re-opened on the 25 th ult ., having undergone a thorough restoration . The chancel floor has - been raised two steps and laid ivith stone in squares , Avith bands of chocolate coloured tiles and encaustic tiles at the intersections . The altar-rail , of brass , extends the Avhole breadth of the chancel . There is some

beautifully carved oak work . The pulpit , most elaborately designed and carved , is unique in its character . The passages betAveen the seats have -been laid Avith encaustic tiles of a mosaic pattern , and the north and south alise AvindoAvs filled Avith cathedral glass . The great east wincloAV has been completel y repaired and renovated , a great part being filled Avith colored glass representing the crucifixion .

& c . The whole cost of the window is nearly £ 1000 . The total outlay AVOI be nearly £ 2000 . The foundation-stone of St . Paul ' s Church , Hodcllesden , was laid a few days since , with the accustomed ceremonies . The building has been designed in the style usually designated the Geometric Gothic , and consists of a naA'e 72 ft . long by 25 ft . Avide , divided from a north aisle the same

length and 20 feet wide , by four handsomely moulded stone arches , having sculptured capitals . The toAver is placed at the end of the nave , and opens into it by a lofty stone arch . Tho chancel is separated from the nave by a very handsome and lofty arch 30 ft . long by 22 ft . wide . To the south of the church is placed the organ chamber ancl vestry , opening into the chancel . The church will be built almost

entirely from local stone , and tho roof Avill be covered with grey stone slates from Over Darwen . The toAver will be crowned by a spire reaching a total height of about 130 ft ., and from its situation will form a conspicuous object from all parts of the valley . Accommodation will be provided for about 550 people , and the cost will be about £ 4000 .

St . Peter ' s Church , Draycot , near Wells , Somersetshire , has been consecrated . Its architectural design is of the early decorated style , and it consists of a nave and two transepts , Avith an apse chancel , ancl entrances at the north aud south . It is built of native stone , Avith Doulting stone dressings , the roof being of belted tiles . Over the chancel arch is a bell turret , surmounted by a richly carved cross ,

as , indeed , are also the whole of the gables . The chancel contains , also , three beautifully stained glass AvindoAvs . The doors are of oak , Avainscotted . Tho interior fittings of the sacred edifice are decidedly tasteful in their character , and in keeping with the general design and execution . It has an open . roof of stained deal ; the seats are likewise made of stained deal , with the exception of those in the

chancel , Avhich are of pitch pine . The pulpit is of Caen stone , and is decorated with the monograms of St . Peter and St . AndreAV , Avith richly carved cornices . A text of Scripture surrounds the base . The font is also of Caen stone , ornamented with admirably executed panellings representing the four stages of life . The lectern is very neatly constructed of carved oak . The chancel is laid Avith Minton ' s encaustic tiles , and is , Avith the transepts , supported hy seven arches , resting on tAvo freestone pillars .

Ihe former has a groined roof , which is decorated with blue , ancl spangled with gold stars , Avhilst the timbers also are partly guilded . The chancel steps are constructed of polished Draycot stone . The communion table is of carved oak , and over it is an elegantly diapered reredos , about eight feet Avfde by four feet high , in the centre of which is a handsome cross , Avith passion floAvers at the extremities .

The edifice is lighted b j' a single twelve-light chandelier . The total cost of the church will be probably about £ 1400 or £ 1500 . The church itself , and the adjacent churchyard , stands on about three-quarters of an acre of ground . Mr . Wcguelin , the member for Wolverhampton , in one his speeches incidentally alluded to the admirable restoration of St . Peter ' s Collegiate Church , in Wolverhampton ,

and his admiration is shared by everyone capable of appreciating beautiful , architecture . But the effect of the restored nave , and the still greater beauty of the time-tinted tower , render more than ever manifest the necessity of extending the improvements to the transepts and chancel . We learn that this completion is now determined upon . The Duke of Cleveland , as lessee of the Deanery Manor , has offered £ 1000 towards ¦ this object . The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have consented to subscribe £ 1000 towards the

same object , provided the work can bo carried out m accordance Avith a report made by Mr . Christian , of Avhich the folloiving is a copy : — "Agreeably to-your instructions I have prepared plans , & c , for the restoration of St . Peter ' s chancel . I have designed the new AVOI-IC in accordance with the architecture of the loAver part of tho tower , Avhich is of the later Decorated styleand of the same date as the aisles

, of the nave . This I believe to bo the correct style to follow , rather than that of the later portions of the nave , Avhich Avould not only be less effective , but much more costly . I find that it will be needful to take down the old walls to the level of the AvindoAV sills , below Avhich I propose to case them , externally Avith ashlar , and internally with stone and