Mrs Fowler’s New Residence.

Opunake Times, Volume V, Issue 222, 20 October 1896, Page 2

Mrs Fowler’s New Residence.

Mrs Fowler has just had a new house erected in Domett Street on the same site as the one which was recently destroyed by fire. It is a great improvement on the old one, and contains eight rooms. The verandah—from which is afforded a commanding view of the sea—is 27ft. by 6ft., with curved iron on the top. The floor is very substantial, being made of dressed rimu, 4in. by V jointed, and laid close, while the posts are moulded and chamfered, and have ornamental brackets and drops. The main entrance is from the verandah through a glass panel door, with side and fan lights; into a hall 22ft. by 6ft. Fourteen feet from the door is an archway, springing from 6in. by l£in. chamfered pilasters, with caps and mouldings. The room leading from the hall is lor, on the left, 14ft. by 18ft., double mullion window. Adjoining - the parlor is the dining-room, 16ft. by 14ft. A double concrete goes up between these two rooms, ana both have fancy mantel-pieces on 2in. pilasters, with tops and carved trusses. In the recesses in the dining-room are two cupboards of picked rimu wj,th raised kauri panels. To the right of the hall is a corridor 22ft. by 4ft., and at the end is a plate glass door with a fan light. There are four spacious bedrooms along the corridor, which are well lighted and ventilated ; two of the windows facing the sea and the other two looking towards Main Street. After passing the archway is a passage, 4ft. wide, which leads through a figure glass door with colored margins into the kitchen, which is 16ft. by 12ft. This room is match lined and has a concrete chimney. On the right-hand side of the room are a pump, sink, &c. On the other side is a door which leads into a children’s bedroom, 12ft. by 7ft. A door also leads into the dining-room from the kitchen. The hall, corridor, passage, and dining-room are dadoed 3ft. 6in. high with picked, handplaned rimu, and a 10-inch skirting board goes round the bottom, the whole being finished with O.Q. mouldings and caps. The mantelpieces, dadoeing, cupboards, &c.,_ are all varnished. The rooms are nicely papered with well-selected paper, with borders to match. All the joinery and other work is done in a finished aud workmanlike style, which great credit on Mr Sims, the contractor, and Mr Ross, his partner, who have carried out the r work in a very satisfactory and praiseworthy manner, aud the bouse now adds one more to the number of substantial structures which are gradually being erected in the town. The painting, paperhaaging, and varnishing were in the hands or Mr D. McDonald, who has done his portion of the work in his usual skilful manner; and Mr Elgar did the plumbing work in a satisfactory manner. -