CHATSWORTH PRIVATE HOTEL

Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1916, Page 7

CHATSWORTH PRIVATE HOTEL

A MODERN ESTABLISHMENT. The accommodation problem has been acute in \ew Plymouth for n considerable time past, and the steady expansion of the town and the increased demand for houses accentuate the position and makes a pressing demand unon private enterprise to afford relief. The erection of a large and modern private hotel in the heart of the town is therefore an innovation that will be heartily ■welcomed by a large number of residents and visitors. C'hatsworth Private Hotel, in Powderham street, has just been completed, and is now open. Chatsworth is a two-storeyed concrete structure containing 21 bed-rooms, four 01 which are double rooms. It replaces the wooden structure which was for so many years a popular resort for country visitors while conducted by the present proprietress, Mrs. Howell. From the. iront door in Powderham Street, access is given to a large hall. To the right of the- hall is a spacious smoking room whose windows face Powderham street. On the left is the commodious diningroom, where 40 guests may he seated. The hall takes a turn to the right and aives access to a row of bedrooms. At the end of the passage is the nicely-ap-pcintcd sitting room. Behind the din-ing-room is (he kitchen, which is replete with all the culinary accessories which nre .conducive to good cooking and prompt service. Included in these i., an elcclrie cooker, an innovation which U much appreciated by ,t!ho kitchen star". and in the dining-room there is an electric toaster. A broad stairway lead;: to the first floor, where the major!tj of tlu sleeping rooms are arranged, Across the hall from the head of the stair\va> ei.trance is given to n fine large room designated the ladies' sitting room. Connected with this room is the balcony which faces Powderham street. There is also a balcony at. the back from which a view of the'business portion of the town and the sea may be obtained. Modern baths and sanitary appointments are installed. In every room the furniture is of the best description. Linoleum is laid throughout, and in r. number of the larger room there me heavy carpets and electric radiators. The joinery in th» establishment is first-class, the architraves over the doorways being a special feature. The ceiling of the main hall is of rough cast; elsewhere ii is of plaster. The walls of the interior arc finished in platers, the bedrooms being of white with n pretty pink frieze. C'hatsworth has a striking front clew tion of a design that is new to Sew Plymouth. The facade is a sweeping semicircle running the full length of the verandah and half the width ot the building. Two semi-circles, occupying the width of the balcony, are arranged immediately above. The outside walls are finished in''rough-cast, and the white surface is attractively relieved by the dark-framed casement windows. A concrete fence will front the establishment, and concrete paths and pretty greenery will add to the attractiveness of the front view. Cluitsworth was designed and built by Messrs. Howell Bros., of "Wanganui, sons of the proprietress. The plasterers were Messrs. Reid and Italian: the plumbers, Messrs Smart Bros.; the painters, Messrs. Wade and Lovegrove. and the furnishers, Messrs. Leighton and Son, the joinery being supplied hy Messrs. H. Brown and Co.