Felsen Nest, Seatoun.

Progress, Volume IV, Issue 2, 1 December 1908, Page 61

Felsen Nest, Seatoun.

This is a very charming example of modern domestic work, just built for Mr. W. H. Green. It has consideiable accommodation, and its pleasing proportions and well-designed windows make it very acceptable for illustration. In the whole arrangement, which is simple in the extreme, the aichitect's desiie has been to produce an intelligent design suitable to loea] conditions without entailing any extra cost, and the contract price being just over £900, including internal decoration, ue think that the result is eminently successful. The house was planned to give the principal rooms a noith-east aspect for the sake of the magnificent sea \iew, all windows receiving direct sunlight at some hour of rhe day. There are no unsightly back premises, the intention being that the house should look equally well from any point ot view.

The materials are local timbers on a base of concrete, and French tiles. The principal floors are of polished jarrah, and all the woodwork in the hall is also of jarrrah. The accommodation comprises, large hall, diningroom, music-room, fernery, four bed-rooms, bathioom, kitchen, scullery and pantry, all under the main roof. The central passage, which is 6ft. wide, is ingeniously lighted throughout its entire length, from above. The main feature of the house is the large music saloon, with its massive mantelpiece, which together with the rest of the joinery in this room, is of Oregon pine treated with a rich walnut stain, the effect being very pleasing. Mr C. F. B. Livesay is the architect, and Messrs. McFarlane and Scott the builders.

We illustrate to-day the residence of Mr. F. S. Waterhouse, Mangawhare, H.8., which has just been erected by Messrs. Bull Brothers, contractors, Napier, for £3,300. Architects, Rush and James, Hastings. Included in the contract was a, house built for the manager . The new brick memorial schools which have been erected in Feilding by Mrs. Walter Johnston, will be soon out of the contractor's hands, and work of next year will be started under their roofs. Accommodation has been provided for 2000 children, with four large class rooms and an entrance hall 50 feet long and 16 feet wide for drill purposes in wet weather. All the interior wood-work is finished in picked heart of rimu, except the seats and desks, which are to be of kauri. The class-room walls have a handsome wooden ilado all round, above which the plaster walls, etc, aie finished in Keen's cement with enriched cornices, and centre pieces, etc., manufactured by the Carrara Ceiling Co. Each class room has special hylo plates and other modern conveniences, to enable the work of the schools to be satisfactorily carried out. The building has a frontage of 80 feet, and was designed by Mr. E. Coleridge, under whose direction the work was earned out. Mr. C. F. B. Liveaay notifies the completion of the contract for the erection of four tramway shelters for the Miramar Borough Council. Contractors: Hunt and McDonald.