SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20096, 27 November 1930, Page 4

SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL

WORK COMMENCED. Tlio. contractor, Mr JL. A. King, has made a start with the construction of a, school for Selwyn House, in timber, in Papanui road, near Merivale lane. Its design is such that it will admit the maximum amount of sunshine. Throughout, swinging doors and Wlnt-. ney windows will be provided, tnakmg tile school almost of the open-air type. The floor space will be about S'~oo square feet. Already the kitchen and lavatory block has been covered in, and the school will be ready by Februarv. The approximate cost will be £2OOO. Tennis courts will probably be provided at a later date. Messrs and Hall are the architects. __

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