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APPENDIX.

SPECIFICATION TO COTTAGE, DESIGN No. 1.

MASON, BRICKLAYER , AND DIGGER.

The foundations to the respective walls and piers to be dug to the depth of 3 feet from theintended ground level, and the earth well rammed round the walls, and also all necessarydigging and filling in to be done for the wall and drains. Construct the walls with well burntbricks, well flushed in mortar. The chimney flues to be properly pargetted. And requisiteprojections, bedding of plates, lintels, bond timber, and other work to be done which shall berequired in this trade. External walls to be 2 bricks in thickness; interior walls 1J bricks.The wall separating the stairs and the passage to be 1 brick thick. Interior walls above thechamber floor £ a brick in thickness, except the wall in which the chimney is erected, whichis to be 1J bricks.

The whole exterior of the Cottage to be faced with wall stone, laid in courses, and thequoins, internal angles, door and window jambs, heads, mullions and sills, to be constructed inrough-tooled stone, with joints properly set, and bedded in fine mortar. The chimney shaftsabove the roof to be of tooled stone, neatly set. The external plinths, all round the buildingand six inches below the ground line, to be in rough-tooled stone. The landings and steps ofthe same material,

The Ground Floor .—All the floors of the living room, kitchen, passage, closet, and recesses,to be of Terras mortar, made according to a recipe which will be supplied in the SupplementaryVolume.*

Stone slabs, not less than 3 inches thick, neatly tooled, to be laid within the opening of allthe doors ; their breadth to be of the thickness of the respective walls ; for the door frames or

linings to be tenoned into. Hearth slabs of tooled stone, from-quarry, 2§ inches thick

for all the fire places, 12 inches longer than the opening, and 2 feet in breadth. The steps ofthe entrance porch to be 12 inches wide, and 7 inches high, neatly tooled; and all the labels,reveals, sills, and other projections shown in the elevations, to be neatly executed, accordingto working drawings, and laid in neat joints, and bedded in brick-work the width of the steps,and as deep in the ground as is requisite to procure a sufficient foundation. The landingwithin the two steps, to be of 2J rough stone, neatly jointed, and bedded in sand.

The stone chimney pieces to the living room, kitchen, and bed room, to be of the value of£5:0:0. The stone balcony front over the bay window, to be formed of stone neatly tooled.—See Working Drawings.

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* Terras mortar floors are much used in Derbyshire, also in many parts of Ireland , and are exceedingly durableif well executed, and superior to many stone floors, since they are not subject to the absorption of moisture, and maybe executed at from Is. to Is. 6d. per yard, according to the expence of lime and sand in the neighbourhood.