The Ecclesiologist - 21 Author:Cambridge Camden Society Volume: 21 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1860 Original Publisher: Cambridge Camden Society Subjects: Church architecture Architecture / General Architecture / History / General Architecture / Religious Buildings History / General Religion / Christian Church / Administration Religion / Chris... more »tian Church / History Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: NEW PARSONAGES. A new vicarage at Chew Magna, Somersetshire, has been designed by Mr. Norton. The style is Pointed ; but a greenhouse, which forma part of the plan, scarcely recalls the style in its detail. Great Maplestead Vicarage, Esses. -- This house is designed by Mr. White, with his usual extraordinary cheapness, and his usual pic- turesqueness, arising from the natural irregularity of the ground-plan. The style is plain Pointed, very carefully and modestly worked out. Mr. W. M. Teulon has built a new parsonage, in Late Pointed style, at S. Nicolas at Wade, in the Isle of Thanet. The design is rather formal; but the arrangements seem to be convenient, and an entrance-hall, of unusual size, forms a feature seldom met with in cheap houses of this kind. CHURCH RESTORATIONS. Durham Cathedral. -- The restoration of the central tower has proceeded successfully since our last notice. It became necessary to renew the whole of the south buttress on the east side, which was found to be very defective, and patched up with Roman cement. Three statues, displaced some fifty years ago, have been restored ; and the Dean and Chapter, we are glad to hear, have ordered the replacement of all the old statuary of the lowest stage. These are preserved in a crypt, and only need slight repairs. Before being refixed they are to be satura...« less