CANTERBURY ROWING CLUB.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 8902, 19 September 1889, Page 6

CANTERBURY ROWING CLUB.

THE NEW BUILDINGS. The new boat-house of the Canterbury Rowing Club is certainly an improvement in the landscape at this portion of the city, and is now, without doubt, the best appointed building of the kind in the Colony. The following brief description of the buildings as they now stand, with the additions just completed, will be interesting to our readers:—On the ground floor additional* accommodation for boats baa been provided. A new shed, 50ft by 2l£t, the same size as the shed erected about three years ago, has been built. This, with the old shed 60ft by 30ft, gives ample space for all the Club’s boats. A ladies’ room, 14ft by 12ft, adjoins the new shed. Ascending the staircase, situate in a tower at the South-west angle of the buildings, the upper floor is reached. Here tho principal room is a spacious hall admirably adapted for meetings, social gatherings, &c., which, no doubt, the members of the Club and their friends will fully appreciate during the ensuing season. Its dimensions are 50ft by 21ft, with open Gothic roof 20ft to the ridge. Tho walla are dadoed with native woods—red and white pines in alternate panels, the upper portion being finished off with papering in harmony with tho dadoing. A balcony facing the river is accessible from the Club-room, and will enable lady visitors to witness the races and aquatic manoeuvres on the river. A reading-room finished in the same style as the Club room opens off the landing of the stairs. The third storey of the tower is utilised as an office for the Secretary and Treasurer of the Club, where no doubt the latter will be glad to interview those members when their consciences prick them with regard to unpaid subscriptions. The top of the tower is covered with a lead flat, and railed round. A very fine view of the surrounding country can be obtained from this vantage ground. In order to complete the description of the boat-house as it now stands, mention should be made of the bathroom, where plunge and shower baths can be enjoyed by the members, and the dresaingrom adjoining fitted with a large number of convenient lockers. The whole building is lit with gas throughout, and it ia a pile of which the members of the Canterbury Rowing Club may well bo proud. The erection of the new building has been carried out by Mr John Wood, under the supervision of the architect, Mr J, J. Collins, of Messrs Collins and Harman.