Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-10

MONTPELIER, w.
Consecrated on Tuesday morning by the Bish-
op Of Connecticut, is certainly one of the
finest church buildings in Vermont. The
ground plan includes nave and aisles, chancel,
organ chamber, and sacristy, the tower being
engaged in the western end Of the north aisle.
| I'VE use the points of compass conventionolly,
orientation being not exactly prescrved.) The
exterior dimensions are l0S feet long by 90
wide, the tower aud spire being 100 feet in
height. Internally the church is divided by
,wo colonnades into nave and aisles, the FORM
cr being % foot, and each Of the latter II
feet wide. The chanccl is z feet wide by "
feet deep. The whole of the exterior except
roof and cerc-story, is Of light-colored granite;
! the dressings being wrought in that from
Barre, and the rubbe work in that from Ber
| lin. on the south side of the Wnooski river.
The east end is left quite rough. The aisle
walls are without buttresscs The clerc-story
| is of timber, slated on the outside The west
/ front is the most imposing part Of the exteri-
or the tower is Of three stages, single-leat
door being in the lowest two long and marrow
glazed lights in the second, and three equal
beliry windows in the third well provided
with lulfer-boards. The beiry stage is plain
square, but below it there are double but
trcsses at the angles, running into a massive
blocking of the wall at the base, which gives
an effect Of singular strength and soidity \
similar character is given 10 the buttrcss on
the opposite angle of the west end The
tower Is surmouuted by a breach spre of good
outline, and not too ambtiously elevated,
crowned with well carved final all stone 10
The tap, the only stone spire we believe in the
state The main door is Of two leaves in the
middle of the west end, with iamb shafts aud
l moulded arch. In the gable is a very success
fful round window, with three spherical tri-
anglcs. containing three bold treiois, the in
ler-spaces being filled with quatre-fols and
smaller openings. The COPIED gable is crown
ed with very bold. large, plain cross Of stone
the only cross on the exterior
On entering the interior the effect Of lofti-
ness is far in advance of ones expectations
seeing from the exterior alone. The nave and
nisles are Of five bays, aud the chancel Of two /;
the apparent length Of the nave being increas-
ed by an arch dixie the bold and well marked
chance arch) at the west end, opposite the
east wall of the tower. The columns are of
four shafts in a cluster, with mouldngs be-
tween, and the arches resting on them are
correspondiugy moulded But all these,
with the cere-story walls, are in reality tim
Der construction, being finished so as not to
/ initiate any particular kind of stone. The
aisle windows are single lights, one in each
Z o"y' iuG 'u"n0o' Sren Is wen i''"'A'u uuo
l very SATISFACTORY Noar'y inc "nole oil u'
,nIee sueS Ut 'nv o''"''oei wan are W""S'o,c ~,
= oelo" WIN oeepiy carved p'aSA walnut INC
"'uF' "hl'n S'"ius Out from inc wan, Is Oh ,n'
SAM n'1''Ila' % are "'9o 'l' oI'u'c' ran ms
stalsi pook-poaTus ana TWO lectefhs tht
permanent seats within the sanctuary being
>, not yet provided The organ chamber, OF
\ the south, opens by narrow arch into tn,
=, chaucel and by broader one into the nave
and the organ which it contains is q fine an,
=, powerful instrument, made by Stevens Of Bos
I ton, of two banks Of keys and full supply o
! pedals. The seats and doors, and parts of thu
other woodwork, including the litany desk
n are of happy combination of black ash anl
black walnut, of their natural tnts, oiled
The roof is ceied in three cants, the centr
4 one being the narrowcst The framing of tn
~. principals shows within, with braces and span
drels Of open tracery and similar braces ru
longtudinaly along the purlines from princi
pal to principal. These timberings are adorn
ed with color, the whole ceiling being other
y wise of a light blue The windows are file
with stained glass By Morgan Brothers, o
q New York. The altar window is the largest
y having three lights under a tracericd head
In the central and widest light, is the full
. length figure of our Lord blessing the chalice
- The eyangelistic symbols aud other emblemi
fill the side-lights and the head Of the window
The clere-story windows of chancel and nav
are filled with pattern glass of rich color
s lehoae Il" IL. 49, N-i.-s' alternately, equ
= lsterai sp9ereal triahgles' ana qnatreiols' an
those IN the caaneei being but httie large
L tnough arcneu' Inc western round Wlndo'
n Is niled WIN similar class charged with az
il proprlate emhlems' The aisle windows a
n nave borders OF eolors' and each an emblem
Il the mead Dut are otherwise hlled with ster
IS cileu 4narriSs' Inc ASTEROIDS are lean-to
y tner ceillhg pelhg painted olue' oi the sam
rs TINT as mat oil the nave root Inc altar
Or covered win handsome embroidered alta
/. eIoth' ana bears movable glided cross. En-
ID oroldered anle"pendia adorn the leeterns- III
e. Iou', near tne acIiSiy u0of' Is OIL ' ermo'
re "latoie, "nl'e' S'laueu WIN gray ~ mas
is cy'nuricai DOW, WIN too'heu lioulu,hg at u
a lower euge' Inc sac Is charged WIN
IS maltese cross IN circie, me po"l rests
ct an oc'sgonal smart anu 'ne ion' mas a prop
he s"P OIL us own:
of Inc lanes Oh the PARISH we must not lorg
of 70 say maze up the carpets With their o"
u ua9 rl ana ana an thelr own uPhols'ering
at Inc archi'Gp' Of snls most successful quiz
IS. llg y Mr. . a. H. ta,lpail Oh hu'a nm oul
h. er' Preston lrIw Oh u, MontPener' me pam
1t, Inc chaneeI NJ furniture ana walnseUt'lng we
H. cut by ~ W. roy Oh Boston me marp
70 the cutting was paid for by Ledyard Ri
v Esq, of New York, who also presented Il
n li'any desk.