THE WELLINGTON CLUB.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4931, 11 January 1877, Page 7

THE WELLINGTON CLUB.

The new club is to be erected on and front Wellington.terrace,etariding 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 arid is three stories high, having an altitude of 45 feet to the cornice. At the main’ entrance there is a handsome carriage i porch 22 feet by 12 arid 15 , feet high, the height of the first story., There are. three windows on each side of this porch, and the first and se'condfloors have’eaoh nine windows to the front. On the right-hand side looking at the building is a haridsome 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 fromthe 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 .vestibule on 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 modem 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 td-ba erected on the slope of a hill, the ground floor is not so large iri extent as the upper ones.* On the first floor there is a handsome hall, .which rises to a height of_lß .feet and is lighted by two gasaliers. Opening qut on the right hand side are smoking and reading rooms, the former 35 feet by'24; andthe 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 billiardroom, 46 feet by 32, which is to be fitted with two tables.'' A raised platform is to be placed all round the 400 m, and fiUed with lounges for the benefit of spectators. The business : premises, .consisting of a committee-room, secretary’s office, &c., are of thri 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 ou rto a fine landing, off which, the;cardroom,'which is 85 feet by 26 . and lightecj •by two gasaliers, issituate. The remainder of the , space on the top is occupied by.lß handsome bedrooms and three batbrooiris. , Altogether the proposed building is a great credit to the; architect’s skill, and in addition to the convenience which it;will afford to the members of the Club will be an ornament to the city. ■