The New Catholic Church.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 46, 20 September 1883, Page 2

The New Catholic Church.

We have been shown the plans which have beeu prepared for the new Catholic Church for Feilding, and of which the following is a description : — The ground plan, which is cruciform, shows a nave 40 x 26ft. There are four gothic windows, four on eaeh side and . two at the front gable. At the upper end are two small side altars. The sanctuary or chancel is 16 x 14ft 3in, is entered by ono step from the floor, and at the end is the grand altar on an elevated platform approached by 3 steps, and under a handsome three-light lancet window. Tins altar is one of the most elaborate we ha v e seen on the coast. There are 3 panels below the table, the centre having the '"l. H.S." The superaltar stands in front of a reredos, having panels to be hereafter filled with stained glass. Tbe tabernacle stands on th^ table, and will answer as a base for a crucifix. The two transepts are to be used as a sacristry and library respectively, both being approached from the chnrch, and also from without. The lighting of these is to be b/Snndows, ono in the gable and the other at the back. The building as s^en by a section through transept is 42ft in width. The design is pure Gothic. The main front presents a gable 32ft in height, with a noble door furnished with label mouldings, &o. Over this is a rose window sft fin in diameter, and near tbe apex is a small ventilating sash, the whole surmounted by a plain cross of wood. The height of the studs is 13ft. Inside at the main gable the gallery appears, and in it will be the organ and choir. The gallery is approached by a stairs from the nave. The principal rafters, sft 2Jin, stop chamfered, and bra ck etted diagonally. Them are 6 tiers of purlins 3 x 3ft, with diagonal sarking, over which felt and corrugated iron will cover the whole. The seats are arranged in 3 tiers, one against each wall, snd the other in the centre, with 2 passages ; and 150 persons can be seated comfortably. The gallery can accommodate 40,. together with the organ. The main gable will be rusticated, the remainder of tbe exterior weather-boarded, and the interior walls match-lined diagonally. The length of building from chanis 54 feet. Altogether the design is a most elaborate and elegant one, and the building- when finished will be one of the sne«t in the township. E. H. Wright* Eiq., is the designer and architect.