MOUNT EGMONT HOSTELRY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 6, 1 July 1911, Page 3

MOUNT EGMONT HOSTELRY

A PLAN ADOPTED. The committee of the guarantors of the North Egmont Mountain Hostelry has adopted the plan of Mr. Frank Messenger for the new building to be erected a little below and to the right of the present accommodation house. The plan was on view yesterday in Mr. T. Avery's window. It provides for an attractive one-storey building of the bungalow type. 125 ft, long, with a depth of 40ft. The hostelry will be erected in concrete, with rough east treatment on the outside, and plastered inside. The front, elevation shows a bold gable at. either] end, the one on the right containing the! dining-room, which is 28ft. fiiu. by 22ft. fiin.; the one on the left a smoke-room and social-room, each l"ft. din. by .14ft., and between is ah Sft.-widc verandah with concrete floor. The mam entrance to the building is situate immediately in the centre of the verandah, and is covered bV an ornamental gable, which adds considerably to the appearance of the building. Access is also gained to the verandah from both the dining-room and the social hall. The main entrance open into a ha™, Bft. wide, and this in turn opens into a corridor. 4ft. Bin. wide, which runs the whole length of the building. At the back of the ball, on tlie south side of the corridor, is a little office for the manager. On either side of the hall three bedrooms are provided, two of these being double rooms and four single Tooms. and on the southern side of the corridor are eight single bedrooms, together with two bathrooms,! linen press, and snnitaTy conveniences. At the rear of the dining-room is a large kitchen, store, scullery, and a back porch. The dining-room, smoke-room and social-room are supplied with large open fireplaces, and the kitchen with a range. The dining-room ceiling with be coved and beamed, thus retaining the bungalow treatment.