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SUPPLEMENT PART I.

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SPECIFICATION TO DESIGN No. 1.

Plates 1, 2, 3, and 4.

DIGGER.

Dig out the trenches for all the foundation Walls , and fill up the spaces on both sidesthe Walls with earth, to the level of the surface of the intended line of the ground level,and ram the earth quite hard. Excavate and fill up, in like manner, round the Walls ,for all the Walls required, or for Drains, Vaults, Cess Pools, Partitions, Dwarf Walls,or other Brick work required by the Plans.

BRICKLAYER AND MASON.

The Walls to he constructed to the depth, height, and thickness described by the walls,several plans, elevations and Sections, to be composed of the best Materials, as hereafterset forth, the whole to be well flushed in Mortar, of the best and most approved compound Mortar,of sharp Sand and well-burnt Lime, and grouted every third course, if required, ifproper to be adopted for the Materials proposed to be used.

Note. It is not proper to grout Walls built with Lime Stone , or any other Material,which has not an absorbent quality.

The Plinths and Quoins of the Walls , above the ground line of the Walls and 6 insbelow, to be formed according to the Elevations, with Stone neatly tooled, (or scappelledor hammer-dressed, as may be preferred,) and placed in alternate courses projecting eachway, as therein described, and well bonded to the Brick work, and, where it is required,some of the Stones must go through the Walls to bond the angles of the Walls together.

The Labels and Reveals to the Doors and Windows to be of Stone, (to be neatly tooled,or scappelled, or hammer-dressed, as may be required,) to be completed as set forth in thedetailed working drawings, which describe minutely the form and particular mode offinishing, and also in respect to the completion of the Porches, or Entrance Doorways.

The Dressings, Steps, Plinths, and other parts as set forth in the working drawings,to be, as therein shown, of Stone, and finished accordingly, to correspond to the generaldesign.

All the Exterior Walls, viz. the spaces between the Windows and Doors , or theparts surrounding the Doors and Windows , between the Plinths and the plate of theRoof, or String Course, to be completed in common Brick work, neatly set and pointedfor colouring, or completed with common Wall Stone in courses, if the Country affordStone at a cheaper rate than Brick work.

The Interior Walls which exceed 9 ins in thickness are to be of sound wellconstructed Brick work, (or, if Stone can be obtained at a cheaper rate, to be of Stone,)in courses set in good Mortar.

Plinths andQuoins.

Bond

Stones.

Labels toDoors andWindows .

Steps.

Plinths.

ExteriorWalls.Facing toWalls forColouring, orif Stone canbe obtained,to build theWalls .

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