Architecture And Archæology .

Coleshill Church , Buckinghamshire , has been consecrated by the Bishop of Oxford . The church , which is built on an eminence , is of the Early English Gothic style , built in hint , with brick bands and JBath stone dressing , and an open timbered roof . There is a beautiful stained glass memorial window in the chancel , representing " The Ascension , " the " Raising of Lazarus , " and " The Widow's Son . " Above

this window there is an illuminated text . There are also two small stained glass windows ( quatrefoils ) in the chancel . The building , which cost in its erection £ 1500 , is capable of accommodating 250 persons .

The new town-hail , Norwich , has been opened . Ifc is a parallelogram , 125 ft . by 81 ft ., having three large entrances from Exchange-street , and an exit door below the floor of the hall , communicating with Little London-street . Two committee-rooms and other accommodation are provided in a recessed part of the site , adjoining Messrs . Jarrold ' s premises . Under the hall is a large cellar , facing Little

London-street . Tho side walls internally are constructed of brick , ivith white facings , and occasional bands of red bricks , the whole length being divided into six bays , the piers standing but from the recessed poi-tions , and each recess being arched over , so as to bring the whole to a uniform thickness at the top . The arches , which are semicircularand alternately of rod and white bricksspring

, , from stone impost mouldings , a moulded stone dado being also inserted above the plinth . The end towards Exchangestreet shows semicircular arches over the entrance-doors , a large semicircular-headed window in the centre , and smaller windows over the side doors . The end towards Little London-street is similarly built , except that as there are no doors on this floor , a large triplet window of three

semicircular-headed lights of considerable height occupies the centre , and two lot ' tj single-light windows , similarly arched , the side positions ; the impost moulding of the side arches being continued to the springing of these windows . The

roof , which is entirely ol iron , is supported by live lofty columns on each side , dividing the building into ivhat we may term a nave and aisles ; wrought-iron semicircular ribs . 20 ft . span , connecting the columns longitudinally with each other and the end wails , and transversely with the side walk . Tho nave , or centre portion , 40 ft . wide , is spanned by semicircular wrought-iron ribs , united by longitudinal

iron purlins , and covered , with stout galvanized , corrugated iron . The interior dimensions of the building are as follows : —Prom the floor to capitals of nave columns , 27 ft . ; from top of capital to springing of nave roof , 16 ft .: or the whole height from floor to apex of nave roof , 66 £ i . ; the height of side walls from floor to glass roof , 41 ffc . The building is to be lighted with gas wreaths or coi-oncenine

, in number , three in each compartment of the roof . The floor is to be of English oak , liin . thick , dowelled ; and the space between the joists is to be deafened or pugged , so as to assist as far as possible the acoustic properties of the building . The style of the building is Italian , adapted to the iron aud glass arrangements of the interior . The contractors for the whole building , except the roof , are Messrs .

Jbing and Balls , of Norwich ; and the contract for thereof has been taken by Messrs . Barnard , Bishop , and Barnards , also of Norwich . The cost of the whole , when completed , will be about £ ' 8000 .

The Colston School buildings , Bristol , have been arranged for the reception of 140 boys ; and the ground appropriated to school purposes ( about four acres ) affords ample space for play-grounds , cricket-ground , master ' s garden , & c . The Bchool buildings contain on the ground floor three schoolrooms , about 32 ft . by 24 ffc . each , besides tivo smaller classrooms , a chapel , an entranco-hall with stone staircase , a

dining and examination hall , 65 ft ., by 31 ft ., ond 18 ft . high , with a vestibule leading to the phiyground ; ushers' sittingroom , surgery , consulting-room , and the usual domestic offices , with bed-rooms for servants over the latter . On the first and second floors are the boy ' s dormitories , ushers ' sleeping-rooms , sick wards , wardrobes , store-rooms , & c . At the extremity of the neiv diniug-hall , and . communicating

therewith , a new residence for the master has been erected . The entire cost of the alterations has been under £ 3000 . The school is about tivo miles from the centre of tho city , and is on tivo sides bounded by the river Pi-onie .

Saint Mary ' s Church , Wilsford , has been restored and re-opened . Wilsford is situate about half-way between Sleaford and Grantham , ancl adjoins Ancaster , ofthe stone of which the church is built . The chief work has been internal restoration and arrangement , with new pulpit , desk , lectern , and open seats . The expense ofthe restoration has been defrayed by a rate for £ 300 , granted by the parishioners ; a donation of £ 100 from the rector ; and about £ 200 raised by the leading proprietors .

The church of St . Martin , Wathe ( near North Thoresby ) , has just undergone a restoration and partial rebuilding . The church consists of a nave , north and south aisles , chancel , south transept , and a central tower . The old building was erected about the tenth century ( the tower being the oldest part ) ; and in restoring the architect has carried out the stle of the ancient work . Tbe exterior is built of stone

y the interior , red bricks , stone bands , with inlays of embossed and enamelled tiles . The windows are all filled with stained glass . Giving to to want of breadth in the windows the cartoon , "The Last Supper , " has two tables introduced . The old arcades of the nave have been retained and

restored . The church at Eushmere , except the tower , has been rebuilt and re-opened . The walls of the nave and chancel are rubble . The church stands on the old foundations ; but , on the northern side , aisles have been added , thus materially adding to the number of seats—now about 260 . The style is the EarlEnglishbut the chief entrance—to the south

y , —consists of a Norman doorway , which ivas was preserved when the old building was pulled clown . The roof of the nave is the old one , but that of the chancel is new . The church is benched throughout ; and the standards which terminate the benches in the nave are carved ; the elbows being formed of angels . Under the tower-arch stands a square stone font . The stone screen separating the chancel

fromthenave contains a piece of carving , representing St . Andrew ( to whom the church is dedicated ) , bringing his -brother Peter to Jesus . The east windows , which , to be in unison , is in the Early English style of architecture , is rather heavy in apinearance , and is filled with stained glass : thare are also stained-glass windows on the south side ofthe chancel . The cost of the restoration was upwards of £ 1000 .

The parish church of Uppingham , Rutlandshire , has been re-opened , after having been closed for thirteen months , for the purpose of being restored , or rather almost rebuilt . As it was necessary to provide sittings for a larger congregation , and that entirely on the ground-floor , an extension of the church was requisite . To obtain this result the dilapidated chancel has been taken clown and the chancel arch

rebuilt the length of one-half of the nave arcade farther to the east , thereby increasing the length of the nave by onethird . The north wall of the north aisle has been taken down and rebuilt stone for stone , 8 feet further to the north , making it 20 feet wide instead of 12 feet . A new chancel has been built , and also two transepts to both , communicating through an open arcade ivith the chancel : that on the

north forms an organ chamber and vestry : that on the south is to accommodate the school children . A stone porch has been erected on the north side , facing the market-place , and an oak timber one on the south side . The roofs and fittings throughout are of English oak . The chancel is 28 long , ' by 18 feet 6 inches wide . It is faced internally with rubbed Clipshani stone , and separated from the transepts the

on either side by an arcade of two arches , moulded ; central column and responds being executed in serpentine marble . These columns are surmounted by carved caps of natural foliage , and the trefoil spandrils within the arches are enriched " by carvings of foliage , typical of life , eternity , & c , each being a different design . Behind the arches and columns , and separating the chancel from the transepts , The east window is

are oaken screens of open tracery . about 12 feet wide by 19 feet high , in five lights , the head full of tracery . It is contemplated to finish the wall under the window- ivith a reredos . The old pulpit of Jeremy Taylor , which , although of a different style ( Jacobean ) , has been preserved as a memento of that illustrious divine , is placed on the north side , upon abase of serpentine , whichis worked into tho wall as a part of the whole " The chancel through-