The specification is few a pair of labourers cottages. semi detkehed. lent may be altered as to materials, &e., according to l calitt and circumstances.
The general conditions are as usual, and it is unnecessary to occupy space by transcribing them.
Si" "Issccrrolor. Dig out the earth fir the lefinulationA to the cesspools, as shown in the draw ings, or here•n described. The cesspools stink outside the building. Fill up the trenches to the depth and width shown in drawings ith concrete com posed of one part of ground-stone lime to six of gravel, broken -tone. or dean ballast. ]'ill in and well ram the ground-m ork to the trenches and wails. s- as to prevent the rain soaking down to, or standin!! the walls and 11 emulations." "Drickhryer. The footings to the walls to be formed with sound, hard, well-burnt stock-bricks or burs front the kid: field. filled in solid, and well flushed with mortar, On the fl siting,: spread a layer el• gas-tar and sand, and over this a course of slate is to be laid. should there be the slightest chance of dampness ;wising from the t,nndation. The cesspools to be built in -I inch brickwork, stecned and domed over, having stone manholes It in. The drains from the sinks to be inches diameter. o•glazed earthenware. with s'%lflion traps. The eesspools and drains to be com pleted previous to the walls being ereeted. Carry up the walls and chimneys in old English bond, leaving a space of :Omelet :2 inches in the centre of the thickness of the walls, and insert air-le ricks there required. Carry up from the ceiling of each room, on corbel-stones, a ventila ting flue Ii by 9 inches, All the dues to be and cored out at the completion of the works. The chim ney flues not to lee gathered over sharply, and twisted as much as possible.
"The external walls are to be faced with best red stock bricks, white Sufi ijk bricks being used for plinths. quoins, and dressings to windows and chimney-shafts; all of which are to be carried up in the manner shown in drawings. No wall to be, at any time during the progress of the works, more than 4 feet higher than :my other wall. No indents or toothings will be allowed. and no four course of bricks to exceed 1 14. inches in height.
" All the brickwork most be worked in tilollin regular hood with a close joint neatly struck; every eourse well flushed in with mortar, and the whole made perfectly level. straight, and perpendicular. The chimney openings to have chim ney bars to turn up at each end. Tlie quarter partitions to be brick-nogged with bricks, laid flat, and Mi ,parings to have arches turned over them. with proper skew barks. and left neatly pointed. The chimney and jambs are to be chamfered, to have plinths. and two projecting bricks, cut, as shown in thttoe ing, to support mantel shelf The fire-places are to be lined with fire bricks. and an oven built at back. 'I he bottom, sides. and top of oven to be of fire tiles. with flues for carryin“ the fire under and up the sides of the oven, The sinoke-flue to be pref.-hied with dampers. and a door provided with damper leading to the oven, which is to be fixed in chim ney jamb. Fire-grates are to be famed by letting wound iron bars into th,• brickwork of lire-places.
"The privies to be provided with lloulton and 'Watt's closet-pans, and glazed earthenware pipes leading to cess pools. The boilers to be set with refunded bricks. and the inside work, where exposed to the fire, lined with fire. brick. The mortar to be composed of one part of good lime to three of sharp sand. or fine-sifted gravel ; the whole to be well tempered. Properly bed all lintels. plates, frames, and sills; point rotund all frames and sills ; stop all potluck lades, and leave the works in a complete (' 0 T 209 C 0 U " and Parlour. Provide and fix 4 inch tooled York stone steps to porches and entrance-doors. Provide and fix 3 inch York stones over cesspools ; 4 inch stones for corbels, to carry brickwork to air-flues ; a circular space about 4 inches diameter. to be cut in these stones, and a ventilating valve inserted in each. Inch hare-hill hearths, and back-hearths to all chimney openings, with stone-kirbs round to act as fenders. The kitchens to have ash-pits with iron movable gratings over. Sink-stones to wash houses 2 feet 6 inches by 1 toot 9 inches, out of 7 inch stone, properly dished (or wood lined with zinc may be used), each sink to be provided with a bell-trap. Pave
the porches and pantries with 10 inch tiles, well bedded, the ground being previously well rammed. The rest of the ground-floors to be made with concrete. Two-inch York stone treads, and risers to stairs, properly cramped, and supported by dwarf brick walls. The floors of privies to be paved with 11 inch York stone." Carpenter. The fir timber to be free from sap, large knots, and shakes. The oak to be English, die-square. The framing to be executed in the most approved manner, and to be of the following scantlings :—Wall-plates 41 by 21; lintels over all openings, 4 by 4 ; chamber-joists 7 by 11, 12 inches apart, with bays of herring-bone struts 2 feet apart. thin iron hooping being nailed to the under side of the joists, and the space between the joists to be filled up solid with broken stone or clay and mortar. Trimming joists 7 by 3 ; struts 4 by 2 ; partitions to have heads and sills 4 by 3 ; uprights and braces 4 by 2. Door-frames chamfered on the edges 4 by 3 ; rafters 41- by 2A ; purlins 4 by 3; collars to every sixth pair of rafters, 6 by 2 ; ridge, 7 by 1 s ; a yellow deal battens to carry slates. Provide and fix 2 inch cut and splayed barge-boards, with pinnacles, &c., as shown on drawings." "Joiner. External doors to be square-framed and battened, hung with 4 inch butts, with 7 inch drawback locks, 6 inch round bolts, (3 to each door,) and Norfolk thumb latches ; i ledged internal doors, and a ledged privy, pantry, and coal-closet doors, with bolts and latches. The doors to have inch jamb-linings and stops." rindows. Solid deal frames, 41 by 3, with oak-sunk sills ; ovolo sashes, suspended by pivots; those in the pantries to be filled with perforated zinc." "Fittings. Inch deal seats and risers to privies, on fir carriages. The seats to have flaps hung with 21 inch butt hinges ; 1 shelf to be fixed round each cupboard closet in bed-rooms, and 3 in those in kitchens : 11 inch dresser-tops, and 3 shelves to pantries. Angle staves to be provided and fixed to all angles ; clamped shutters to dwelling-rooms. hung as flaps, with deal framed brackets, to be turned on pivots, the flaps forming tables. Fir mantel-shelves, 6 by 2 inches, over each opening." "Plasterer. The walls of the dwelling-rooms and bed-rooms to be rendered and set. The ceilings and rafters lathed with iron hooping ; the space between the joists and rafters tilled up solid with broken stone, or earth and lime. The ceilings to be plastered, set, and whited. The chamber floors to be laid with floor plaster, and trowelled to a smooth surface. The walls of the sculleries, pantries, coal-closets, and privies, to be twice lime-whited ; cement skirting, 6 inches high, to be run round all the kitchens and bed-rooms." Slater. Cover the roofs with countess slates, laid hollow to a proper guage. The ridges to be of slate, bedded in cement." " Ironmonger. Fix No. S l round iron bars to all the fire places, to form Fix iron pans in sculleries. Fix 27 where directed an iron pump, with double handle fix No. 4, stacks of 4 inch descending pipes, with cistern heads and shoes, the bottom length to be of cast iron. Provide and fix No. 12 cast iron air bricks, to he fixed where directed ; fix No. 8 Arnott's valves where directed. Fix perforated zinc-plates to doors of rooms not having chimney openings in them. Provide No. 10 chimney bars, to turn up at each end." "Plumber. Inch lead waste pipes from sinks to drains curved round so as to form stink-traps, and provided w ith bell-traps. Lead flashings to chimneys, 5 pound to the foot super. Provide and fix 15 feet of 11 suction-pipe from well to pump." " Glazier and Painter. Glaze the several sashes with 3d Newcastle crown glass. Stain the whole of the wood work of the exterior with a composition of gas-tar and Roman oehre, laid on when boiling hot. The interior to be stained with Stephen's stain,' and afterwards varnished." The above Specification is so carefully drawn, that we have thought it expedient to extract it entire, as a useful guide to the young architect. It may, of course, be altered according to circumstances, and it may not always be desirable to incur so large an outlay. The estimate for a pair of cottages similar to those specified, would range from £200 to £300, according to the amount of ornament bestowed on them.