OUR ILLUSTRATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1067, 6 May 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

OUR ILLUSTRATION.

NEW PAVILION, MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND. ffe give ah engraving of tho now pavilion erected for the accommodation of the members ,of. the Melbourne Cricket Club, the fouiidation-stoue of which was laid by Prince Albert Victor, A description'" of tho new pavilion, is appended:—The.building is executed in ornamental brickwork, red and white, with Hawthorn ' facings. of dark" picked bricks, Tho roofing is of slate cut to pattern, The accommodation is as follows, viz, -,-rOn the groundfloor —Luncheon and refreshment saloon, 50ft, long by'24ft, wido j secretary's office, 16ft. x 12ft,; two dressingrooms, each 16ft. x 22ft. (.in,, 'proylded with soparate. bathrooms, lavatories, &c,'; storeroom, 16ft, x 17ft.. Two spacious stairs give access to the first floor, the accommodation oh which will be a pavilion, BOfr, x 21ft.; a billiard saloon, 'soft, x 24ft,, for .two tables, lit with a lantern light; two ilressingrooms, in nil respects similar to tho rooms below; a rcadingroom and a comniittceroom. A verandah and balcony are provided on tho south front, affording sitting accommodation to 300 persons, The main'stairs are continuedup, and give access to a flat roof and gallery on. the of the building, where there is room for 230 members. Mr. William Sahvay, of 45 Swauston street, is the architect, and tho contractors aro Messrs, Goss and Mnsson. The total cost of' the building, inclusive of fittings, is about £4600., .