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120 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 7i z

I 1 1 fig. 219, a, of marble, stone, or whatever material the chimiiey-piece may consist of When there are two side slips, I i!l9 i i, and a slip in front, k, the chimney-piece is said to be in pro- file ; when there is only one piece in front, it is said to be not in pro- file, and the front slip, I, is called a jamb. Such chimneys have generally an inside slip, m; but this rests against the brick jamb of the fireplace, n, instead of the stone jamb, o, to which the slips of the chimney-piece are fixed. Fig. 220 is an elevation of a chamber fireplace chimney, in which p is the ^ shelf ; q, the mantel ; r r, the jambs ; and s s, the in- side slips.) All the fire- places to have Yorkshire stone hearths, and Portland stone slabs. The fireplaces of the front chambers to have plain Portland stone mantels, jambs, slips, and shelves with rounded corners. The kitchen to have one inch and three quarters thick Portland stone mantel and jambs. The kitchen, pantry, and store-room to have milled slate (milled slate is sawed out of blocks by machinery ; rooting slate is cleft into lamina; by wedges) skirting (a bordering to the wall) seven inches high, and one inch and a quarter thick, properly cramped (by an iron or copper hook, fig. 221, driven into the wall at one end, and le; 221 1 s 220 r s s T u into the slate at the other), backed up, and set in Roman cement. The wash-house to have a Yorkshire stone sink, five feet long and two feet three inches wide, with a proper hole for the bell-trap (a kind of stink-trap usually made of bell metal, about three inches across and round, figs. 222, 223, and 224). The mason is to find all cramps, lead, and 222 224 all the materials, as well as the carriage and workmanship required for the completion of the above ; and to do the same in the best, most substantial and workmanlike manner, subject to the conditions of the general particulars. 238. Specification of Car penlers Work, llie whole of the bearing timbers to be sound, well seasoned, yellow Dantzic or Memel fir timber, except where otherwise specified. The whole of the carpentry to be framed in a workmanlike manner ; and all the timber to be sawed square, and to be i'vi:^^ from sap (outside wood, not properly matured), wanes