THE NEW CHURCH

This very beautiful edifice, which has so rapidly risen near the side of the South-Eastern Railway, and conveniently near to the entrance of the town, is fast approaching its completion. As a specimen of ecclesiastical architecture, we think it may enter the lists with art of the numerous erections of the kind which have of late years so distinguished the county of Berks.

The light and graceful spire rising 100 feet above the richly decorated tower displays itself to a vast distance, the site of the church itself being elevated. The windows of the tower, 16 in number, which light the belfry and the lower storey, are beautiful in sculpture and chaste in style.

The body of the church is also lighted with equally decorated specimens of the same order, and the transept exhibits similar beauty. The whole of the building presents an aspect which must excite the admiration of even those who are deficient in architectural taste.

The cost of this noble structure will be defrayed by one worthy County Member, John Walter, Esq., and it presents another instance of that admirable disposal of wealth, which his own immediate neighbourhood so fully illustrates. The new buildings erected, and others in progress, show that there will be ample scope for the ministrations which the above striking and commodious edifice will afford.