STREET IMPROVEMENTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6483, 28 August 1882, Page 6

STREET IMPROVEMENTS

THE C2AEL2MOXT HOTEL. i_ tacit-'X alittment. -z-hieh hi-- far a, long time idle in TTakedeid-ssreet, bst-sr&ra tie r~--r'- Hots! zndihe mn«r c-r Rut- ■;, -o~ being £H=d zip *dth a har. isome .native stmctare, chiefly an si-2h:3= to the botsi, fcss which will coatsan besides three good shops, c-=e £s«ag VTais-feld-street, and the other t~o Kntiandjtreet. The -?vL:,'e of the hotel frontage Trill be three storevs in height. Ice frontage to VTikeneid-sireet is 40 feet 9 iashes. Xiss hotel eatranee wrll ba 2: the comer, Triih 3 frontsze to Wakedeld-strset of 25 feet, and the shop -will be 15 fest in -eridlh. Of cowrie, the -n-sole of the -tppcr £»» -will belong to the hotel. A stone cellar of ashler his bees ;:nstm::ted- The elevation to this street .^ =H ist3 of a stone base of dressed and 2Ti=tic vrithmst:; bine stone piers, and the sn--erstmetnre is tt be of red brick -rork, frith white tncked poinrj:^' presenting - i-a imt>tsng appeirance. me Bntiand-street £ro=ta§e of the hotel is 3-0 feet. It priests large trindo—s to the vie~, s=3 cs this side "oIH be the private estriae to the hotel, the bar entrance being, 33 already stated, at tie comer. The elevation ccc: 1 iarse bay -srinao-s- on the KKir, ccnstmcied of dressed blue stone, vrhi:h is carried by oorbling over the door, thzs fcrcißg the "support for the wisdow. The —-%->■ entrance is 9 feet -Ride, sad the rest of the elevation b siinilar to, and in k*s=-ing -.;:ih, the "VskeSeld-street frontage. hotel in Eatland-street -nill be tvro shops, each rs-o storeys high, the designs o: Trhic.t are in keeping Tith the hotel. xSe present between the old hotel and the neT be retained, bat 3 covered entrance will lead frota one to tie ether, rv- : the stm :-tnre, -when nmshed. frill i-ot only alt tp a gap. b=S will be a new f. -7/- in hhe archittctnre ot tie city. The vrhe'e of the material used, except lie slates *>r the roof, are native produce, and the will be 1= the Gothic style of architecture. Messrs. Smith and Areola are the architects, and Mr. D. Fallon has the coatraii for eresiiaz the bailiiag.