THE WELLINGTON CLUB.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4910, 16 December 1876, Page 2

THE WELLINGTON CLUB.

As will be seen by our advertising columns, tenders are being called for the erection of a new building for the use of the members of the Wellington Club. Mr. Thos. Turnbull is the architect, and has courteously given us the, opportunity of inspecting the plans and drawings. The building is to be erected on and front Wellington-terrace,standing backlSO feet from the road line. The style of the building can scarcely be called Italian, although it is closer to it than any other style of architecture ; at all events, judging from the drawings, it has a comfortable domestic sort of look, which augurs well for the convenience of members. The building has a frontage of 82 feet and is three stories high, having an altitude of 45 feet to the cornice. At the main entrance Inhere is a handsome carriage porch 22 feet by 12 and 15 feet high, the height of the first story. There are three windows on each side of this porch, and the first and second floors have each nine windows to the front. On the right-hand side looking at the building is a handsome open colonnade forty feet long, with three arches, surmounted by a corridor giving easy access from the upper rooms to the lower. Entering the building from the carriage porch there is a handsome vestibule, at the back of which are rooms for the porter, luggage, &c. A fine broad staircase 8 feet wide leads from the vestibule to the first floor. Opening out from the vestibuleon the right hand side is the strangers’ room, 24 feet by 18, and on the left the kitchen, 24 feet by 25, which will be fitted with every modern appliance for cookery. The storerooms and servants’ bedrooms are also on the ground floor, and ample provision is made for cellarage.. As the building is to be erected on the slope of a hill, the ground floor is not so large in extentas the upper ones. On the first floor there is a handsome hall, which rises to a height of 18feet and is lighted by two gasaliers. Opening out on the right,hand side are smoking and reading rooms, the former 35 feet by 24, and the latter 24. feet by 20, and out of which access is obtained to' the colonnade by glass doors. On the left of the hall is the diningroom, 40 feet by 24, which is admirably adapted for the purpose. At the back of the reading and smoking rooms is the billiardrpom, 46 feet by 32, which is to be fitted with two tables. A raised platform is to be placed all round the room, and fitted with lounges for the benefit of spectators. The business premises, consisting of a committee-room, secretary’s office, &c., are situated at the back of the dining-room, and through them, as also from the billiard-room, access is obtained to the lavatories, &c. From the hall a staircase comes up in the centre of the building on to a fine landing, off which the cardroom, which is 35 feet by 26 and lighted by two gasaliers, is situate. The remainder of the space on the top story is occupied by 18 handsome bedrooms and three bathrooms. Altogether the<pcoposedbuilding is a great credit to the architect’s skill, and in addition to the convenience which it wfll afford, to the members of the Club ryiH C : bq an ornament to the city.