THE UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH, COURTENAY-PLACE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5503, 15 November 1878, Page 3

THE UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH, COURTENAY-PLACE.

The rapid progress which this body hai made within the last year or two, nndei Divine Providence, the persevering energy oi the pastor, Mr. Bedstone, and tho encouragement received from friends and the public, have rendered it necessary for them to lengthen their cords, strengthen their stakes, and erect a large and more suitable building for public : Divine worship. Accordingly, their architect, Mr. Fraser Jones, has prepared plans, &c., and a tender has been duly accepted from Mr. Hans Sydow for i£2089, being about half the total cost at some future date, which will then hold 1009 persons comfortably. Tho present contract includes the completion of tho outside, but not the gallery and internal ' elaborate decorations, of a very, consistent type. , The dimensions are 80ft. long, breadth EOf t., and height between floor and ceiling about 30ft., which instead of being elliptical is of two flattened parabolas. ■The building is decidedly of an ornamental character, and possesses several new and 1 distinctive forms ; of decorative art. When thoroughly complete, wo think it will bo found well adapted for the purposes for which it is intended, and a good example of tho kind of building that is required by a Methodist congregation. The architect, Mr. Jones, deserves credit for the style and finish of the plans ho has prepared, as well as for the well-designed form of building he has drafted.