NEW BUILDINGS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4440, 12 June 1875, Page 3

NEW BUILDINGS.

MESSRS. CATTELL AND DIAMOND’S NEW HOTEL. The building of a very spacious and hand-some-looking hotel for Messrs. Cattell and Diamond has just been commenced on that eligible site at the comer of Lambton-qilay and Johnston-street and immediately opposite the theatre. From an inspection of the plana we learn that the building will occupy an area of 62ft. by 55ft., the front elevation being 42ft. On the first floor will be situate a largo bar, bar parlor, commercial and dining rooms, kitchen, Larder, &c. These rooms will have a pitch of 12ft.; and the three sitting-rooms and three large bedrooms, which, with bath-room, &c,, constitute the second storey, have an altitude of lift. The upper storey comprises fourteen bedrooms, about 9Jft. high, and a geometrical staircase connects the three storeys. Additional room for keeping stores, &c., will be afforded by a large cellar 20ft. by 16ft., 6J feet deep. The outside appearance of the building will be very elegant, it being of the Italian order. In the facade there will bo no less than thirty-one windows, all with ornamented heads, those on the lower storey having segment heads, and those on the upper, circular. The lower cornices are supported by rusticated and panelled pilasters, and tho upper by caudilivera blocks, and above these an entablature, ornamented with sunken panelling. There are two private entrances, . both in Johnston-street, the bar entrance being from Lambton-quay. The whole of tho front work will be of totara wood or kauri pine, and tho roof and side walls of corrugated iron. Inside, the work will be of a superior nature ; but this we shall be better able to describe when operations are further advanced. The

architect, Mr. Tringham, must be complimented upon the artistic designs he has produced ; and we have no doubt the contractor, Mr. W. Prideaux, will make the most of them. Tlie cost will be a little over £2500, and the work, it is expected, will be finished about the commencement of December. MR. M‘IEAN’S NEW SHOP. We observe that the framework of extensive premises for Mr. McLean, draper, of Cuba-street, has been erected. There is a frontage of about 28ft., with a depth of 90ft., the shop and show-room running the whole distance back. On the second storey there ai’e ton rooms, which are intended to be used as a residence for Mr. McLean and family. The front will be exceedingly handsome. In the shop, plate-glass windows extend from top to bottom, the panes being 10ft. 6in. deep, by sft. Sin. wide. The cornice, with gentils, is exceedingly handsome, and supported by pilasters and carved tmsses. On the upper storey there are five windows, each being ornamented by pediments, also supported by carved trasses and pilasters, surmounted by a panelwork and balustraded parapet. The interior of the shop will be highly decorated, and all the fittings of polished cedar, so that as a whole the new establishment will be a welcome addition to the ornate architecture of Cutastreet. Mr. Tringham has designed the building, and Messrs. Adams anil Co. are the contractors for the work, at £3OOO.