Our Architectural Chapter.

OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER .

WOOLWICH is soon to be numbered amongst the towns which have the advantage of a Masonic hall , some brethren connected with the Florence Nightingale Lodge having arranged for the rental of a building in a veiy eligible situation , and whicli has hitherto been used as a chapel . Wo are assured that very little alteration will be required to adapt it to the purposes for which it is intendedand for whicli it

, will be shortly opened . At present , we believe the only-Masonic bodies that have arranged to meet in it are the Florence Ni ghtingale Lodge ; the Florence Nightingale Lodge of Mark Masters ( S . C ); the Kent's Tynte Encampment of Knights Templar : and the Invieta Rose Croix Chapter . ' The " strike" ancl " lock-out" which still continues mustif

, not shortly brought to a termination , have a serious effect upon the profession of the architect , many works which were in contemplation having been laid aside to await the contest , some of them perhaps never to be revived . The architectural event of the week may be considered the laying the foundation stone of Mr . Spurgeon's now tabernacle on the site

formerly occupied by the Fishmongers' Almshouses , opposite the Elephant'and Castle , at the corner of the St . George ' s and Kennington roads . - The building is to be Corinthian in its character , and . will be built under the direction of Mr . Pocock , whose design has met wish general approbation . The interj & r of the tabernacle will be one hundred and

fortyfive-feefc . Iong by eighty-one feet wide , ancl from the floor to the coiling will measure sixty-two feet . The total area will , therefore , be 11 , 7-1-5 square feet , and the cubic measurement of the apartment 728 , 190 cubic feet . Allowing two square feet to each individual , the floor of the building would afford standing room to upwards of 5 , 800 persons ] the architect ' s j calculation , however is , that the bocty of the chapel and the two galleries which are to run round it , will afford full

accommodation , ir ' ee of crushing , to 0 , 500 people . As in all buildings in which large crowds are to assemble it is desirable that the means of egress should be ample , the tabernacle is to have nine doors , each six feet wide , communicating ivith the galleries bj * ei ght staircases , four to each gallery , so that the building may , even on the most crowded occasions , be

emptied in something like ten minutes' time , should occasion require it . The most noticeable feature of the day was the handing in by Mr . Inskip a cheque for . £ 3 , 000 from . ;} n invalid gentleman at Bristol , who offers a further sum ' of , £ ¦ 2 , 000 in the . event of twenty gentlemen subscribing . € 100 each , or forty £ -50 each within the next three months , towards

the funds required for the completion of the building . A new building of considerable pretensions is now in the course of erection in Seething-lane , from the designs of Mr . Ed . I'Anson . The building which is being erected for the Corn Exchange Chambers Association , has a frontage of eighti' -eight feet , a depth of sixty-five feet , and its height

from the curb level to the eaves of the roof is sixty-eight feet . The front , to the sills of the first floor windows , a height of twenty-six feet , is constructed entirety of ' Portland stone ; ancl above the walls aro faced with red bricks from Rochester . The whole of the dressings round the windows , string courses , and upper cornice , are to be of Portland stone . The

prevailing style of the building is that of the Erench Renaissance . The ground floor portion , of the , fac-ade is composed of a series of six . semicircular headed windows , and a corresponding doorway , which latter will be a highly elaborate production , to bo of ornamental ironwork . ' . Che windows are seventeen feet six inches hi gh in the clear , and eight feet wide , having

circles ancl spandrels at their heads . One of the principal , features of the interior will be a large ancl handsome subscription room , fifty-five feet by forty feet , and seventeen feet eight inches hi gh , adjoining to which there will be a refreshment room fort y-three feet ' long by seventeen feet wide . The larger portion of the basement is planned for bonded vaults , and .-mother part of it contains a larije kitchen thirty-five

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feet by tweiitj ' -niiie feet , scullery , beer cellars , and othei conveniences . The building , when completed , will comprehend six stories of the following heights in the clear , viz ., the basement , ten feet ; ground floor , seventeen feet eight inches ; the first floor , twelve feet ; the second floor , eleven feet ; the third floor , nine feet six inches ; and the attic , eight feet six inches . Tho interior of tho building is to he fitted up in a very superior manner , the whole of the joinery being intended to be executed either in wainscot or mahogany , with the former of which the walls of most of the rooms will be

I lined from floor to ceiling . The builder ' s contract is stated : to amount to nearly , 630 , 000 . i A new workhouse at Norwich , which has been eighteen j months in hand , has just been completed with the exception j of the fittings , which it is calculated will-occupy another j month . The building , which has cost about £ 21 , 000 , is one ¦ of the most perfect of its kindand with the grounds attached

, ; occupies an area of nearly ten acres , or 47 , 674 square yards . The building proper , exclusive of airy enclosed yards , but including workshops , covers 04 , 000 square feet . The style adojited in the edifice is that known as the Old English , with the usual amount of Gothic element in the composition . Externally the walls are faced with red bricks

having white brick dressings . Internally the walls aro brick and lime whitened , with the exception of those of the officers ' rooms , which are plastered . The length of the front elevation of the building is four hundred feet , and that of the entrance front is two hundred and fifty-one feet . The front of the infirmary portion , measures one hundred ancl

twentyfeet , and that of the lunatic wards , ono hundred and five feet . The depth of the main building , including the chapel , is two hundred ancl thirty feet . The front portion is thirty feet , the infirmary one hundred and ten feet , and the lunatic wards , including a corridor one hundred and seventy three feet in length , connecting them with the principal

building , is two hundred and sixty-eight feet . Tiie hei ght of the elevations to the eaves gutters is thirty-four feet , " in height , the structure is arranged in three stories , the two lower ones being eleven feet each , and the upper one fourteen feet from the floor to the collar beam of the roof . The edifice which has been erected from the designs of Medlard and Maberly is calculated , to hold one thousand inmates , and it is in contemplation to erect schools for the accommodation of three hundred children .

A tender has been accepted from Messrs . Piper and Son , for the erection of the new vestry hall of St . Luke , Chelsea , for £ 5 , 030 , and £ 630 additional , for the use of Portland instead of Bath stone . The tendersranged from £ 10 , 945 Is . 5 d ., nearly £ 3 , 000 above the second tender , to £ 5 , 630 , that acceptedandwhich was £ S ISs . id . below that of the previous

, tender , We cannot but regard these odd shillings and pence in tenders of such large amounts as from £ 5 ' , 000 to £ 10 , 000 , as affectations of accuracy , unworthy any firm of eminence . Several Archaeological Societies have been holding meetings of late , at which various papers of interest have been read , some of which are referred to under another head ,

Masonic Notes And Queries .

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

STRl'llKN' JO . VKS . A Correspondent asks who was . Stephen . Tones , the author or compiler of a volume of " Masonic Miscellanies '"•• I'OKT 3 IASOX . S . Was cither Coleridge , Byron , or Moore , a Mason ?— . 1 . O . E . Tino SWAX I . ODOE .

This Lodge was constituted in the year 17 * 24 , by Martin Folkcs , Esq ., Deputy Grand Master to His Grace the Duke of Richmond ; and afterwards had the honour of a visit from the Eight Hon . the Lord Coleraine , whilst he was Grand Alaster , who declared his approbation and signified his desire of becoming a member thereof , as may be seen now at large iu the first sederunt book .