. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 3-26 THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. [September, The east end, as may be seen, presents a series of circular-headed windows on a lofty stylobate; and is surmounted by a bold cornice and balustrade. The material of this end of the edifice is of stone ; the other walls, with the tower, &c. are of brick. A plain room, of most uneven shape, about GO feet long and 33 feet broad within the walls, with a plain flat ceiling, slight'y coved at the sides, forms the churc
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 3-26 THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. [September, The east end, as may be seen, presents a series of circular-headed windows on a lofty stylobate; and is surmounted by a bold cornice and balustrade. The material of this end of the edifice is of stone ; the other walls, with the tower, &c. are of brick. A plain room, of most uneven shape, about GO feet long and 33 feet broad within the walls, with a plain flat ceiling, slight'y coved at the sides, forms the church. A gallery at the west end contains a small organ; the altar-piece at the east end displays some good specimens of carving. This latter, together with the table and rails, was the gift of James Smyth, Esq. in 1G85 ; at which time, the church was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren. ST. MARY 'S. The church built by Wren is a substantial fabric, with a bell- tower ut the north-west corner; the latter, however, as well as the north side and west end of the church, is shrouded by houses. The south side and east end of the edifice, display a series of circular-headed windows, at a considerable height from the ground, with trusses at the sides of each of them, sui)portiiig a continued cornice above. A stone balustrade of meait and insignificant cha- rater, terminates the attempted to be show n, has boards in front, three feet long by six inches in breadth, and three and a half to four inches in thickness (known by the technical name of poling boards"), supported and kept in position by means of screws, which are lodged against the front iron frame; these boards, to the number of forty-four in each frame, are in succes- sion taken down while the earth in front of each is excavated, the first board being always replaced before a second is removed, and thus forming a constant firm buttress. The several parts will be better un- derstood by reference to the following
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