THE NITRATE KING'S PALACE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2262, 24 October 1889, Page 2

THE NITRATE KING'S PALACE

The "Inndou World" describes O ilanel North's Italian p-tlaoe, whioh Is is ng rapidly oa the woo<?_d slope oopi rran_|*_3 a superb view of the Ohtselhurst Valley. Throe months hence the splendons of Avery Hill will probably oauio a'mot as muoh s nsatlon na Fonthtll Abbey did In the diys of our forefathers The picture gallery li 100f . loog by 60ft br ai. At one end Is a lofty v.ntibulto be fillod wth Boolpturo, and at the other a mus'olann gMlery of mirb!e, supported by column* of Mexican onyx. Th. walls are nearly 40ft high, Mr Thomas Cutler, the arohiteot, has devised an entirely novel syst.m of Ilgbtlog, and, In addition to tbe famous Tttlia. p'cturee whioh are now In Manchester, C.'looe) North hat reoen'ly purch»S'd the "Last of the Buff .lies " aod ths •« Silver King " (two paintings of enormous fe'ze), as well as Mr Frederick Qoodali's ''Misery and Mercy," He Lai also commissioned Mr Storgls to paint him " Jem 8e by's Drive to B'ij?htcn " and Raoshorses -Cxerolslng," Th« oonrae of the high road from London to Bexley bss been ohanged to Improve the approach. The strong rocm alone has oost £2000, tho dicing hall (ontside whioh runs a vaulted verandah 50ft long) will be panelled with finely- carved Spanish mahogany. A broad corridor psved with Pompellan mosaloruns through tbe house, and the billiard room is to be decorated from fl jor to oiling with slabs of " Numldfan yellow," " pink Pavooazaj," and Verde Antique, A garden court whioh lights the library Is lined with old goldool> urod falenoe, and the best looms m Fr.npe are bi" 1 *? erj ga_9d m producing the thousands of yards of crimson silk Velvet required for the adornment of the ballroom, A winter garden, exaotly 100 ft sq iare, leads to a fernery almost half as large. The lofty towers are now almost fiolahed, and the entrance poroh Is built of Portland stonp, relieved by panels of carved sod fiitt'ed brlokwork.