Lyttelton.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 1287, 2 December 1857, Page 3

Lyttelton.

I’he unisons have commenced putting in the foundations for the new Church of St. Peter, Heathcote, The site for the building abuts on the Ferry-road, and was presented to the parish by Mr. Bowler, of Wellington. The church is intended to have cob walls, two feet thick, on a stone foundation, with quoins, buttresses, and window dressings of stone. It will consist of nave, 40 feet by IS feet; north porch, vestry, and chancel, 13 feet G inches by 11 feet, having a semicircular apsidal ternii, nation. The nave will be lighted at the westend by two singly lights and a vesica window t on the north small quatrefoils; and on the south side 'byfiwo three-light doirners. The chancel will be lighted by three single--light stone dormer*; it is expected that these windows will be filled with stained glass, as memorials. The roof of the nave will be divided into four bays by principals, with collars and arcbed braces, rising fsorn corbels. The chancel will have simple couple rafters. The roofs will ail be high pitch, shingled, with ornamental ridge pieces, and metal gable crosses. Provision will be made at the west end for add ing a bell cote. The stone font, altar table, and lectern, are all provided by private donations. The church is being erected from designs and under the superintendence of Messrs Mountfort and Luck, architects of Christchurch. The stone employed is the red stone, similar to that found cn the Lyttelton side of the hills, and is quairied on Mr. M‘Cormack’s land, near Sumner, close to the water’s edge. This stone is also about to be used at Christuhbrch by the same architects in the foundation for the new Government Offices and Council Chamber, the contract for which has just been taken by Mr. Jenkins.— Lyttelton Times, Nov. 14.