A NEW BUILDING

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 567, 23 July 1909, Page 6

A NEW BUILDING

Boggard- and Prouse, architects, have .accepted the • tender of "'Messrs.'- Sanders : Bros, for the erection of a new three-storied building for .'Mr, H. Brittain, chemist, of Manners ..Street, to be erected • on', the premises for /so • lon£: occupied ■. by .the well-known pharmacist. The .buildiij,''.which .has' a ; "frontage 'to Manners Street .of '41 !fqet J s- inches,- by .a: deptl to Herbert Street of G3 feet 7 inches, will" '.?> e ., a ; modern- steel-frame' and reinforced, con-' crete ;structure, 1 with reinforced concrete floors .throughout, and' a flat roof. .Tho frontage to' Manners Street has .been attractively• designed 1 in,rc"d pressed..brick, relieved with 'imitation stone; A'feature of : this 'frontage,, new to. Wellington, •is a•'. cantilever..;.verandai, ■ which .does away with the. necessity'for poles—an excellent idea! for a city so handicapped by riar-' row footways.'..,; There are to be two well-lighted ana;spacious i: shops on.;the Manners' Street ; frontage7 oho;''of;;which will;-be. occupied by the .proprietor; for. the purposes of ;his business/. .^; ; ;;;, ; ,.:!'J ..-''i;_t !•"- ~ : v ;, :..'■ ..'.-,.. '-The -demolition': of "Brittain's" removes, an architectural,; old-' identity from a"; street' thoro.ughfivre..thali could- dispense' with- few more any Joss 'to 'its', commercial dignity.:.; Mrv. Brittain has '.bcoupied the building.; for ■ thirty-three years, - but; for'-a long tiro o before;.' -that Jit".was' • occupied :as a • chemist's .shop, of the late Mr.' C. D. Barraud's business, when it .was : known .as "The Pill (Box," /Since '.'.then, it : has'undergone structural".alterations, wiich; v in : turn •have.served; their day, as': a 'glance, at; the bid: bmldingi shows.' The calling for tenders'.las' :been.- delayed , for some ' months, Ythr'ongh a claim by /the: city ..-that,' tho -building was'encroaching'on.'Herbert Street. .Thecity "authori.tieß,..clairo.;was ifora fobt of: land,'.but this was resisted;,on ', various., -grounds. '- In' the - end ■"a compromise'was, arrived, at, whereby' Mr. Brittain sets, back sii : inches, from the old build-' ing'line... '•:'■-■'.>.. ■■■.•■■,-' ; ''-!. ; .'■';.''":-.''■...;

■'.;: The .contract' 'price - f new ! bhilding is about :£iOIXI'. , Seventeen'; tenders were. received. •■■.The sanib architects-lave'-'-'accepted the fender;:of.Messrs.' Meyer.and'lHingworth,for the erection.,of a-17-roomed:brick.residence for Dr. Ewart, to occupy-a site oh. the western'side of Upper.-,Willis.Street, above Ghriznee Street. The. contract■ '.price' i5,,<£2400... ' '. -,/-.- /■- - : ■■■''-' '■■"" »'•■'- ■■•' -V-