The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-14 00:00:00

DENTED PARALYSIS, PRINCIPALLY FRC

OF THE RESULT

MAY THOSE FEARS BE GROUNDLESS

BUT TO DENY THEM WOULD BE SC

ING 'V

THAN A FOLLY."

THE NEW CHURCH OF ST. SIMON

We have seen, at the office of Mr. Hay, the architect,
Cable-street, a fine drawing, in water colours, of St. Si-
mon's (new) Church, about to be erected in Gloucester-
street ; also a perspective view of the interior, together
with plans of the body, &e., and from these we may ven-
tura to say, that as an ecclesia.ticalstructure—t hough, from
a necessary observrince of economy, not elaborately deco-
rative—it will, when completed, form an ornament to the

being the north side, facing the first-named street.
The length will be 100 feet and the width 60 feet. The
building will be in neat brick-work, with stone dressings,
including quoins, &c. The style of architecture adopted

is the early decorative Go
the end of the 13th cent
Gothic v

,hich was popular abo
There will be seven t
with bold buttresses

lows on each sirl

and these will be filled up with handson

lions and geometrical tract.-
variation of design in each. The principal door—a Got,
gateway—will be in the west end, entering into a h'anc,
some porch of 21 feet by 161 feet. Over this will rise a
fine Gothic window, of five lights, filled with tr-
the character stated. There will be a corresponding V..
dow in the chancel end, but somewhat smaller. A neat
tower, with a handsome spire, will be raised in the !wetly

,he latter exhibiting

west corner

included within the oblong-square of the

site. it will be decorated with belfry-openings, &c., and
will rise to the height of 140 feet, forming, on the brow of
the hill, a conspicuous and pleasing object.
The interior will present a rich and somewhat unique
appearance, especially as seen from the porch. The roof
will be en open one, formed in arched oak carpentry,
with neat mouldings, pendants, &c., and rising 51 feet
from the floor. The peculiar carpentry is from original
designs by Mr. Hay, and has been adopted for the
.

churches of Walton Breck and Seacombe. It is at once
simple, imposing, elegant, and economical. The perspec-
tive water-colour drawing of the interior, showing the
galleries, roof, &c., is very beautiful, and the whole Rill
be distinctly seen from the porch. There will be a fine
screen fitted up with plate glass, so that the view through-
out will be cheerful and uninterrupted.
The whole of the ground-floor will be free, for the ac-
commodation of the poorer classes in the populous dis-
trict, and will accommodate with sittings 700 persons. On
this floor the benches will be in the old style, without
..a...;11 each be finished at

noon-boards ; and the benct enas win
the top by a carved fleur-de-lis. The church is approached
by an avenue five feet wide in the nave, and there will
also be two avenues in) the aisles.
The galleries will be neatly constructed, and at once
open and cheerful—not projecting too much into the body
of the church. In these tile sittings, 500 in number, will
be appropriated for the wealthier portion of Mr. Connor's
flock. Taking advantage of the rising ground at the east
end of the church, the galleries will be approached by two
entrances, with easy flights of steps, at that end.
The baptismal font in the nave will be placed as to be
visible to the whole congregation.
As a whole the peculiar and economical nature of the
building is, in our thinking, highly creditable to the archi-
tect and to all concerned ; and we have only to hope that
the remainder of the amount required for its completion
will speedily be supplied by those of a liberal and christian