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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

The Seacliff Hotel

The Seacliff Hotel is situated near the railway station in the heart of the sylvan district of Seacliff, and at a distance of about twenty-four miles north by rail from Dunedin. It is a favourite resort for tourists, sportsmen, and pleasure seekers of every kind, a popular halting place for commercial travellers, and is in every way worthy of the large partonage accorded to it. The surrounding country is almost unexcelled in its scenic beauty. The hotel is within half a mile of the sea-shore, it stands at a considerable bright about sea level, and, therefore, the atmosphere is at once mild and bracing. On account of the abundant foliage close at hand, and the creepers on its own outer walls and over the door-way, the hotel has the appearance of a well-kept private residence. It is a wooden building of two stories, and contains about twenty rooms. The ground floor is devoted to private sitting-rooms, the dining room, the kitchen and the bar; and the first floor contains about ten bedrooms, arranged and furnished to accommodate small family parties, married couples, and individual lodgers. The whole place is well furnished, and is a model of cleanliness and good management. Experienced assistants help the proprietor, who personally supervises all the arrangements, and the table is supplied with elegance and abundance.