Recent Domestic Architecture.

Progress, Volume XI, Issue 10, 1 June 1916, Page 643

Recent Domestic Architecture.

HOUSE AT EEMUERA, AUCKLAND. The plans shown below of the two floors of a residence (exterior of which is illustrated on our cover), arc to the designs of Mr. Gerald E. Jones, Lic.R.I.B.A. of Auckland. The house is situated amid beautiful surroundings. It is built on a 9-inch brick base, the outer frame Oregon lathed and covered with rough-cast, lime washed white. The roof is

BASEMVfr of green dual slates. The diningroom and hall arc panelled in Oregon, and the kitchen and pantry match lined and enamelled white. All the bedrooms arc papered, and the principal ceilings plastered; the hall having a beam ceiling. The hail fireplace is built of variegated bricks, the staircase being arranged so that the servant can enter the first floor

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without going through the living hall. Folding doors are placed between the diningroom and hall enabling them to be turned into one room. The verandah and porch floors are paved with pressed bricks set in herringbone. The windows have wood casements and frames. The caves of the buildings are exceptionally large, 3-ft. wide, giving protection against prevailing gales.