THE BUILDING TRADE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 166, 30 January 1914, Page 4

THE BUILDING TRADE.

New Houses in Pukekohe.

There is no end to the variety in the art of architecture. It has been a reproach that colonials ace satisfied to live in pill-boxes. But in this district ttere are many evi- : dences of the demand for a better class of dwelling. Amongst the houses lately erected in Pukekohe may be mentioned that which is en the point of completion for Mr George Blake, in West street.

The effect at tha front of the house is unusual ar.d its pi:tureniueness takes one away from toe stock style cf colonial cuttsge. It is a bungalow. The portico is placid at the eastern sidi so that shelter is provided from the westerlies. The portico columns are shingled, so is the partial enclosure whicn reaches a height of about 2 feet (i inches, and aiso the hoods of the front and side windows. The gables which extend the full width of the building are likewise shingled arc! ate finished with particularly heavy barRC boards and tinials giving a massive effect to the structure.

In the vestibule, which is 8 feet bj 6 feet, tha lower work is carried j cut in 1 atherette embossed paper, I with friezes of t.hne-ply, panelled j off with oiled rimu battens, the j ceiling being to match with a dome centre of fibrous plaster. The vestibule has an oriel window, glazed with lead lights. From this attractive entrance a 5 fcot passage ope.oa off and gives access to the dining room 20 feet by 13 feet 6 inch's, bed-room 14 feet C irehes by 12 feet, breakfast room 13 feet 6 inches by 11 feet, and two other bedrooms 11 feet by 10 feet and 12 feet bv 10 ! feet. The bathroom ar.d scullery are conveniently situated Through the breakfast room one passes to the kitchen-scullery which opens on to the hack verandah. The diningroom has its lower wood-work of hand-dressed rimu, oiled and finished flat. The ceiling is of the same design as that in the vestibule It has a box window, around the inside of which a rimu seat is fitted. The mantel-piece is of heavy rimu and looks distinctive with its lead light cupboards and its tiled grate and heart*, the guld and brown tints harmorising with the general colour scheme. The paper is brown ingrain of pleasing tone. In the front bedroom, conforming with the rest of the house, the lower wood-work is again in flat-finished rimu, the paper being of a very delicate grey, carrying a frieze and a rimu picture railing. There is a sash opening from this room on to the portico of beautifully designed had lighting. The ceilings throughout the passage and the rest of the house are all in heart of rimu, strikingly figured. The bath-room is finished in white. The kitchen arrangements are attractive, the white tiling on the hearth and at the back of the range giving this important department a mostt-lea'ing appearance. The taps throughout are nickel-plated. The doors are of five-panel figured rimu, finished with heavy copper antique furniture. An eleven-foot stud has been employed and the house is all under one roof, no lean-to being used. The house was designed by Mr

H. E. Smith, of Pukekohe, who was also the builder and contractor for the work. Mr Smith is to be congratulated upon the completion of a well-finished job.