THE NEW BUILDING.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13454, 28 April 1914, Page 2

THE NEW BUILDING.

The now buiMing is.a handsome brirk structure, "'designed to accommodate 170 scholars. ' Two large rooms provide space for 60 pupils each, and; a.'smaller mom lias accommodation for another 50, while provision has also .been"made

for future extension at the back. The main design is treated in a free style in what is termed modern renaissance, and consists of a main projecting gable in the front, flanked on both 'sides by gables which cover the end rooms. The infants' room is placed at the northeast end, thereby gaining the full benefit of the morning sun. The whole building is erected in reinforced concrete, the outer walls being hollow. The exterior portions are in brick work, with plastered reinforced concrete piers forming the facings to the windows, ©tc., thus breaking up the design m an artistic manner. The interior walls are plastered above the match-lined dado, and are distempered .in a warm buff colour to the picture rail, with a lighter shade above. The ceilings, which are match-lined, are painted white. Provision is also made in the building for a head teacher's room and an assistants' room, both of which are conveniently situated off the cross corridor. Special attention has been paid to ventilation. Each room has three patent overhead tubes connected with ventilators in the roof. Ample light has also been provided. As mentioned in the report, the building was designed by Mr. A. G. Thompson, of the Board's staff. The contractors were Messrs. Chamberlain and Stannard, and the supervision was in the hands of Mr. W. H. Savage, architect, of Motueka.