Wednesday, August 28, 2024

 

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New Government House at Gunesh Khind, Poonah, Bombay, 1870. The British in India. A mansion '...designed by Mr. Trubshawe...[and] constructed, under the direction of Colonel M. Kennedy (chief engineer), by Mr. W. Stuart Howard; the contractors for the internal fittings and decorations were Messrs. Donovan and Freeman. The materials of the building are chiefly the grey stone common in this part of India. The style of architecture is Italian, as shown in our view of the south-east front, with a large square tower, 100 ft. high, and a smaller tower, surmounted by an iron canopy and flagstaff, ris