49i COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. windows to have a tliree-quarters-inch angle bead for plastering. A chimney shelf of 1-inch deal, with brackets, to be fixed above the fireplace in each of the cottages. The windows in the granary to have inch-and-quarter deal bottoms, to project 1 inch over the wall, and to be nailed to the window sill. — The hay-racks to be tlie same as those in the stable, and to be fixed in each hovel the full length ; as are the rack and manger in the foal-house. The hovel at Ilallington Hill to have a partition put across it with posts and rails ; and the gates to be hung with loops and crooks for youno- cattle. The stairs in the straw-house to be fitted up with inch-and-quartcr deal steps and risers, and proper strings ; the stairs to be partitioned off with stoothings, and three-quarters-inch deal cleading next to the straw-house; with inch-and-quarter battened door at the bottom, hung on frames 4 inches by ;5 inches and a quarter, with T bands, and to have a stock lock and sneck as before described. A rail to be fixed round the opening of the graaai-y stalls, with skirting at the bottom of three-quarters-inch deal, 12 inches broad. The skirting to be fixed round the barn and granary of 1-inch deal, 4 inches and a half broad, and to be well nailed to plugs. — Gates. Nine gates to be made for the folds and stack-yards, including those at Ilallington Hill. Each to have 5 bars, and to be braced. The bars to be 4 inches by 1 inch and a half, and the stiles to be 4 inches and a half by 3 inches and a half. Also, 5 wickets, with 5 bars and braces, for the inside of the folds, &c. &c. The bars to be 3 inches and a half by 1 inch and a quarter ; and the stiles, 3 inches and a half by 3 inches. The whole to be hung with proper iron loops, and crooks run into stone posts, in the coins of walls, where necessary ; and to have proper hasps and staples. Crib-boards to be fixed in all the stone cribs in the folds ; to be 10 inches broad, and 2 inches and a quarter thick ; and to be made to take out and in by grooves cut in the stone posts. Centres for the arches of the hovels and cart-shed to be provided, and posts for setting ditto. 991. Smith's Work, and Hardware. To provide and fix all spikes, nails, screws, &c., necessary for the carpenter's and joiner's work ; and all the other hardware and smith's work before specified. 992. Slater's Work. To cover the roofs of all the buildings of the farm offices, as shown on the plan, with slates of the same kind, and done precisely in the same manner, as before specified for slating the dwelling-houses. 993. Glazier's and Painter's Work. To glaze the casements of the cottage windows with second crown glass ; the panes to be 6 inches by 4 inches, neatly puttied on each side, and the casements to be primed before glazing. (N. B. The casements will be provided ; and are, therefore, not to be estimated. To paint all the external doors and frames ; also, the granary windows, the cottage ditto, and the stable ditto ; also, the inside doors of cottages, and the window backs, with two coats of white lead and oil, on both sides. The windows to have one coat before being built into the walls. ) 994. All the Works, as before specified, to be done in a sound and workmanlike manner, subject to the approbation of Mr. John Green, Architect, or whom he may appoint to inspect the same ; and it is to be understood that, should it be deemed advisable that any of the work before specified, for the dwelling-house or farm offices, should be dispensed with during the progress of the building, the value of such work is to be deducted from the amount of the contract ; and, on the other hand, should any alteration or additional work be required, which is neither expressed nor understood by the plans and foregoing specification, the expense of such alteration or additional work is to be paid to the contractor, and agreed for previously to its being done, or else left to the valuation of the inspector. (N.B. The iron-barred casements for the cottage windows will be provided ; therefore the joiner need only estimate for the outside frames for ditto, as specified. ) 99.5. General Estimate. The following form was sent us with the foregoing spe- cification ; — £ s. d. Building new farm-house, fig. 977, a, h, c, d 453 : 12 : 7 Building corn-barn, m 95 : 1 1 : 2 Building straw-house with granary above, 6 125: 3: 1 Building foal-house, p ; two cow-byres, <^ ^ ; and calf-house, r 176: 6: 3 Building two stables, /t and o ; and a hay-house, ? 189: 3: 10 Building one hovel, A 48 : 13 : 11 Building two cottages, u u 1 30 : 8 : O We have formed a rough estimate of the cubic contents of the farm house, which, we find, contains 31,570 feet, which gives about S^rf. per foot as the price of this descrip- tion of building in Northumberland. The cottages estimated in the sam(; manner cost 2Jd. the cubic foot ; and the farm buildings 2rf. These prices are not much more than half what such farm houses and farmeries would cost in the neighbourhood of London,
