NEW CHURCH AT GREYTOWN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3678, 3 December 1890, Page 2

NEW CHURCH AT GREYTOWN.

The Now " Presbyterian Church at Groytown which is to be opened on Sunday next is now necessarily in so nearly finished a condition that n few remarks descriptive of it will no doubt be of interest to our readers. The building is situated in West Streot, which runs parallel with Main Street,, and is in position as near as can be directly behind the Groytown Muuioipal Chambers. It stand.? on an acre of ground, the latter being tastefully planted with young trees, an adjunct of ornament and shelter which in the-time to come will prove of considerable benefit. The outside appearance of the Church is neat, its. colour being a dark cream shaded with white, while its proportions are pleasing to the eye. The roof is especially strong, our reporter was told. It is of galvanised iron, and is not painted if our observation of the fact is correctly remembered. This is rather a pity. Wo know-it is uncommon to paint iron roofs in this district, but those who have liyed in towns where they are seldom—in fact one might say -never loft bare, wi]l recognise the vastly imnroYed appearance of the bflllfling which a painted roof imparts in contrast with the plain and glaring iron, Faint in this instance is also a good preservative. The belfry of the church is only a modest steeple erection over the front elevation, but still it looks nice and is quite in,keeping with the unassping design of the edifice generally. Its height is fifty nix i,oet, and itcontains a good toned bell presented by Mr D.an Qameron, It is, when the visitor gets inside that lie perceives how comfortable, admipbly adapted, and woll finished the church is, Its body measurement is fifty four feet long and thirty feet broad, Besides this, there is a vestry at the rear, sixteen feet by ten feet in size. The whole interior is beautifully tinted in two delicato monochrome papers—the walls light blue and the ceiling cream. There is splendid light from, in all, fourteen fine windows, and the effect is exceedingly bright and pleasing. The seats are of varnished ritnu, and run across tho whole width of the church, with aisles at each side. The total seating oapacity of the building is two hundred. _ . It was, howover, tho wise and thoughtful provision for ventilation without draught which'most strongly appealed, to our approval, Iu a district wtore this accommodation is almost totally nogleoted, it was astonishing to see the perfection of the arrangements in this connection in the Groytown Presbyterian Church. In th'j ceiling and through the roof are two largeautomatic Boyle's patent ventilators, each window is fitted on the Preston ventilating principle, and, finally along tho Bide walls aro tho ovdiuavy grating ventilators, all of which can bo in use or bo loft closed at will. It will thus be seen that more than usual care has been taken in order to avoid any necessity for the vitiated atmosphere which is so common in all public buildings, while at the same time the inward and pure current of air can be availed of without resort to the rough and veady expedient of admitting a small gale of wind through a window with the ordinary abrupt opening. One or two other interesting details of the furnishing and interior arrange-

meats might be brjpfly mentioned. The'pulpit will be a plain one, its floor being two feet eight inolies in devotion, Tba choir platform is only slightly raised—just- about a foot above the ordinary, level. Artificial light at night will be shed by six brilliant llockte lauips, each of G5 candle power, Tbe contract price of the whole building was JESOO, Mr H, 'frotmau being pcoessful tenderer. Tbe Presbyterians of (ireytown ar indeed to bo congratulated on the (jOiirageand perseverance which has enabled theni \a so short a time to adopt the idea- of erecting tnoh ft handsoipjchmcli., and tooarry UiDt Q yjltyy, ■'