THE PROPOSED PUBLIC BUILDINGS FOR HAMILTON.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2144, 6 April 1886, Page 2

THE PROPOSED PUBLIC BUILDINGS FOR HAMILTON.

We have been shown the sketch plans for the proposed public buildings in Hamilton, and, judging from their Appearance on paper, they will be both handsome and well planned. They will possess the advantage of easy access to every room in the build- j ing, with little or no waste of space. Every room in the building will be well lighted. The plans are designed for a two-story building in the form of the letter H, having two wings at right angles to the main building, and projecting beyond the face of centre part about nine feet, with gable* in the Elizabethan style. The building will have a frontage to Victoria-street of 113 j ft,, the wings running back towards the Waikato river for a distance of 68ft. and 56ft., respectively. The main or centre part of the building which connects the two wings is 34ft. wide, recessed back from the front of the wing* as before described. ) The facade is designed partly on the Italian and partly on the classic styles, except tho gables, which are, as before, described. The wings hare coigns on the corners all tho way up to the large moulded corbel blocks on the gable ends, and which are broken at intervals with neat moulded string-courses, running the whole length of the facade, on,a level with the window sills. The top of the bate of the building, which in neatly moulded, stands about 4ft. above the ground at the main entrance, which is in the centre of the building. The retion for this is that the ground has a fall towards the traffic bridge. All the windows and doors on the facade have neatly designed pediments, and the cornice at the eaves of the main building and wings is supported on cantihvers and string* running along the front and side of the wings against the large moulded corbel blocks on the*gables,forming a good 6nish. There in a fall in the ground from the front of th» building to the back towards the river of about 11 or 12ft., affording excellent cellerage for coal and wrtrtd sheds, lavatories. &a, ft*, The main entran.ee, which jh in the centre'of the buildin*, and is Reached by a number of returned .steps conveniently designed for the traffic from the Post-offi'de, private bofxes and offices. Opposite is n large .pair of double /olding-doors uptb side lights *n4 fanlight* on top opening into a largo- hall 9ft. wide. , At the end of, this h»U there is a long' corridor, 7ft. wide, running at rfcot angles to it through the whole length of the frontage." It also has large gUss doors with side lights and fanlights on top of the ends. To the right of tho hall, or main, entranco is the Post>office department, three rooms in all, one for the delivery room and tho other two for the Post-office. The two rooms for the Postoffice an 22 x 20ft and 14 x 14ft. res-, pectirely, With ft fire-place in the large room ; and th* delivery room is 14 x 14ft This latter toom is off the main entrance, and the other two offices aro off thnt again ; the private boxes are of course included in the large room, that the public > may hare access to them from tho outside. On tho opposite side of tho corridor is 'the Resident Magistrate's Court room, Justices' room,, And Clerk of tho court's room. The courtroom is 36 x 30ft ia the dear,' .and well, lighted with large windows, and the same may bo stud of evory room in tho building. The other Mo rooms are 14 x 12ft witlj fireplaces in each. To tho left of the main entrance is the Registration and Stamp Office, 29 x 14ft.-, with a fireplace at one end, and on the opposite side of the oprrjdor aro two rooms 14 x 12ft, each having a fireplace, for store rooms and lavatory as may be hereafter decided. Right at the end, or in the wing on the loft **? two rooms 22 x 20 and 23 x 20ft respectively, which are intended for a fire brigade station, subject to the approval of the Government. If not approved of for this purpose they will be set apart as Borough Council Chambers. Access to the first floor U obtained by a spacious staircase in two flights 4ft wide, and right opposite the main entranco, commencing at tho far side of tho corridor, which runs at right angles to the hall. On reaching the bead of the stairs, tho, landing i< on a long corridor right over the one on the ground floor and the name width. To the left of the staircase on the first floor is the Mayor's room. Town Clerk's room, Borough Council Chambors, and committee room. The Mayor and Town Clerk's rooms are each 14 x 12ft., with fireplace to each. The Council Chamber is 24 x 20ft, and the committee room 20 x 14ft On the opposite side of passage from th« Council Chamber are the Telegraph Offices, three in number, and right over the Postoffice Department The rooms are of the following dimensions, viz., one room ' 23 x 20ft. with Greplace, and the other two 14 x 14ft. respectively. Opposite the staircase and across the corridor are two rooms for the Borough Engineer, each room measuring 14 x 12ft, and on the side next the staircase is the Crown Lands Office 14 x 12ft. with fire-place. Adjoiniug this are the Survey Offices, two rooms, the larger measuring 26 x 20ft, and the ■ other 14 x 12ft, with fireplaces. At the name end of the building, on' the other side of the passage, is the Public Works Department, with two rooms, each having a fireplace and measuring 22 x 20ft. and 14 x 14ft respectively. His Worship the Mayor, who left for Wellington yesterday, has taken the plans with him.

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