The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-04-10 00:00:00

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be kmbone kb; se.-eboreb, mid re-endowed it with tbe
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ncreted by the Bieboo of lb. Nome.

The shuroh Is dedisaled to fit John the Evangelist,.
sad is to our mind the very model of 'shun* for • some
parish. Mr. John Woks. of Darebeeter, la the arebiteet,
sod the building nos entrusted to Mears. Wellepring
end Baa, of the east* town. The euving wee resented
by Mr. It J. Boohoo, of Worcester; his work forme •
Ash display of beauty in and about the &angel, and is •
epeshil fester* of this edifies. The cost of the whole
work is about £1,500. The church le • Gothic strocture
in the early English style, sod eseehrla of. nave 32 feet
by 16 feet, and • chatted 16/ feet by 13 fret, baring •
small vestry on its north side. The entrance porch is
on the south side. and is 8 feet by feet The edifice is
provided with • bell turret, 30 fist high, sarnioented by
• firoeL The whole of therinterkir wale ere built with
, the red sandetene quarried on the sins* except the
quotas sad doemings of the wiadows, which are of
otone_from Han-hill. A oree.leo4,ties la provided

for 54 -parses* Fart eke hash
Maned
is the nave.
The reef is ems el then timbers and
varnished. with rooter rats reran on carved Beth
stone sips, having Purbeck marble thefts on Beth Mobs
I emboli.; The areas supporting the ronf-pltte Is of
Roth .too., richly agreed with (caw. possooot stone
has been tea for the 6 Kiting. • very effective
appearance is given to the shawl arch by Its %ripe
bib of slternate comas of Hat-hill aid Bath state.
The jambs are of the tame inawrial, with three bold
Purbeck marble shafts haring eased eam. Around the
arch is this inscription in illuntinated letters: 'Tab; is
ranee other than tile Howe of God, and this is the gate
le Heaven." The ethos& ma la of the mune &release
am that of the nave, but is osors elshorately worked, the
circular ribs reefing as as beautifully °erred tarbele-
the figures of angels, the two immedistely luside tth
arameel bra areas with the devices, "We praise 'Thee,
0 God," and "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God." the two
weirs othe are represented a paying on Instruments of
nude, and tame one the altar table sees the salted* of
prayer. Thr chimera sonde. is of wed detioses fells.,
end there is epos it, in Gotha Asmara in relief, the
following teething menthrial, "This rhumb is erected
A.D. 111166, to the Glory of Gad, and to the memory of
Denis William Bond, obit JaistarY '3rd, 1863 " The
ease window consist* of three horst lights, and the in-
side &rebel are sapperta ey Purbeck we the strata
with apt and heist of arced Bath stoat Intasidately
above the window Is ineeribed : "I am the resurrection
and the life, he that believeth in me though he were
dead yet shall be live." The prayer that sod ehanerl
stalls, the fronts of which have it.rved angels as Sae%
ia the attitude of rem, the pulpit, sod the inners,
are of oak richly served in dreams thrmaalaing with the
whale eitaraithr of the interior Maga. The side egbia
Is the chased are two aegis laneet wade.' on the
south sad seen. the *orate trefoil heeded; the laid.
arches have heads of the some character, with carved
spandril., sad there eze Purbeck trierble shahs with
amid Bath ease gape and boa is the eagles of the
trjambe The hoer a the ehineel is laid with
ad enesestie tiles, and ineide the sacrarium beautifal
designs are formed by an intermitter* of marble with
the ansaastio thee the centre dental ban the sacra
monogram. The altar is approached by three steps of
P ninth marble with rasa of trocanstie tins, and thia
aeration bees la elect. The altar rail lid brass,
the Comminnion able le presented by the Lord Bishop
of the Diocese sad it is aseired with • beautifully
wrortatt oath, which, together with the servios forth.
Holy Comorathion„ is the gift of Lady Selina Bead. Tee
wept window othatists of two haat lights', with •
quatrefoil over with deeply allayed islets*, Inside
ambled areh with carved rare and ago, mad psidoob
marble shafts. By this window being halt in the pro-
loran bass of the bell turret a place for raging the
bell is forma, no the bell rope dose sot soca Into the
ebenh. The theriptthe mrottod this window is "Lord.
lift then up the Beet of thy eousteesee, nonn la." A
few feet froso the west End sande a very lasdsome font,
the gift of Lady Selina Bond. The bowl I. mend, °om-
ens*, of Can stone, Auld spas It are the inlaid...a of
the four Sveftelists irarved in alabaster. It is @so-
r6":"b, a red Devonshire marble cearal safe sad
Istwailaw thefts of Partook arable, with alibra
mos sod Wet; the whole main ea a wielded base of
Bath stone ens raised Pennent thaw platform. trotted
the upper pert of the bowl la the sreathe I baptise
them in the name of the Father, mad if the -on, and of
the Holy Ghat. Anna.' Underneath the wary there
is hot oir oh,,moter, by which means the church stay
mails be warmed at any Sainte pitied, should it be
deemed neeestery, the bet sir sad add drams hang
already rrovid.d. The roof is covered with Purarth
deibil tiles. The whole of the work has been carried
out in a manner satishiesory to all sosiesreed, mid
wrathy of the bleb repetition of thears. Wellspriag
n d Son, lb. balder..
Is ethsequethe of the matinee' of the Aurae arid
Mr. Baud's wish the' all the parieblesers should have
the opporanith of bath presoak at the seseseretion, and
01 hewing the INllb*P's woos, the attendees, wee
rssidetraL as for as passible, to thew aid o few 014 of
the neighbouring arr.
pooothgey at arra rielosit the Bop (who arrived
the previews day a the Greagel, attended by his
meatilain, the Rev. Talbot Bother, sod the Arehdeana iil
Dom' (rating for the Chaneelar of the dame sal W.
%aria, Eash diastase regiateari, repaired to the
aura, and was readved at the door by N. Bood, req.
and the Rev. B. Heetak, ranter of Stoke. whoa UN
tamer itentleatan presented the petition for swassers-
Sim The cerastaty then awasethamt, raid woe eoe.
dwhsd ssowdlsg to the fermi weal in this diadem The
was the 1144. to Parcel'. and the fol.
aar.Vnea en
lliOnl took part In the pethewthe :—Tbe Rev.
N. Bond, the Rev. AL. bakes, the Rev. B. B. Capri.
the Am W. Trunk the Rev. B. Assam, the Bev. W.
Pinney, the Bev. W. Maples, the Rev. L F. Elliot, aid
the Be.. B. Tudor. The larvae was tend by the Bev.
N. Seed, the let helm by the Item 14. awakes. sod
the lad by she Bow. S. B. Csepel The animal
of um serstes was a. (Wawa s—VaaWs, to Vta;
jtimmu, to Tames ; 1491, by.., " (Staid Bhepheng
thy eagle bow." kr R". Pastes sad the 2394 hymn,
Jerealea. the Elden." Kite Geanag preaded at
the theologies& The. pares at the serrate were very
aisao, 17loctherl be se swatter altar for the esomeitia.
the Gathansion eareles. the Bishop lestituesd
the Zee. lishard Tatter. 6.4., to the vicarage of
1/4Y.7 on the presentation of B. B. Sheridare
BMW, preseited the lemes. His lardthir
esiimaral fee his tat the atria "Truly this Is., Inia.
mad I meet hear it."--Jeresnish a. 19. He reworked be
lad ems there to eirre thee effete width Sowed fro.
the fuse lees of his ales to sr, wed if
loth and tette amity, sad, I.
ca so, reit:7a
the dons el It-I. bid thee and toes.ema., them to tarry it forward by their life to
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