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(Jl4f COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 1180 DP' 1301. Carpenter arid Joiner. To provide two 5 inches by 4 inches oak beaded and rebated door-cases, 7 feet by 3 feet 9 inches in the clear ; with 2 iron dowels in the bottom of each, 6 inches long and 1 inch square ; and 2 1-inch centre-boards on each ; having IJ-incli red deal ledged, ploughed, tongued, and beaded doors hung to them with 20-inch hooks and hinges, put on with 1 5-inch screws, and a good fine plate copper ward-lock of the value of 4s. on each door. Two one-light windows, 3 feet by 2 feet in the clear, to be provided, of 3 inches by 4 inches oak, with 2 1-inch centre-boards, and 3 iron bars 1 inch square each ; 1-inch deal ledged doors, ploughed, tongued, and beaded, to be hung outside each window with 10-inch hooks and hinges, and fastened inside with hasps and staples. The templets under the tie-beams, and the bond timbers through the o-ables, to be of 3 inches by 4 inches oak, each in one length. The tie-beams to be of Memel timber, 10 inches by 6 inches ; and the raising plates to be properly cogged down upon them, in one length of 6 inches by 3 inches Memel timber ; the rafters to be also of Memel fir, 5 inches and three quarters by 2 inches, and 1 8 inches from centre to centre ; the ridge-board, 8 inches and a half by 1 inch and a half, of red deal ; the ridge roll (a piece over which the lead is turned on ridges and hips,) to be 1 inch and three quarters in diameter, supported by proper ridge spikes 4 feet apart j the tie-beam in which the top of the upright spindle works to have two diagonal stays of 6 inches by 4 inches Memel fir from its centre to the ends of the other tie-beam, being mortised, tenoned, and pinned to each other. An oak curb to be made to go all round the mill, and the millwright assisted in rimming it, and spindling the stone. 1302. Slater. The roof to be covered with Welsh blue duchess slates, having a 2^- inch lap on 2 inches by 1 inch red deal battens, and nailed on them with 2-inch copper nails, and torched (plastered at the crevices, to keep the wind out) on the underside with hair mortar. 1303. Ironmongery. To provide and fix cast-iron spouting with proper brackets at intervals of 3 feet ; hopper head 2 inches down pipe, and shoe to each side of the building. 1 304. Plumber and Painter. The ridge to be covered with 5-pound milled lead 22 inches wide, and both the doors, door and window cases, shutters and cast-iron spouts to be well painted with good white lead and oil paint three times. 1305. Stone Mason. To provide and set 2 pair of plinth stones and lead in dowels, each stone being 9 inches square and 6 inches thick. To provide and set stones for the bed of the mill as shown in drawings ; the stones to be well and properly cramped with iron, and joggled together with good hard stone joggles (the same as doweled in car- pentry ; the use of the stone joggles is to prevent two pieces of stone joined together from sliding apart at the joint) where necessary. The stones to be of the best siliceous or grit kind that is usually procured for the purpose, and the millstone to be of similar quality. The millwright to be assisted in spindling the millstone, and in rimming th" mill. 1 306. Millwright. To p/ovide every description of labour, and all kinds of materials that may be requisite for the completion of the mill and press, except the wood rim and stone bed of the mill, which will be provided by the carpenter and stone mason, both of whom will assist the millwright to rim the mill and spindle the millstone. 1 307. General Particular. The whole of the works must be performed in a good, sound, and workmanlike manner, and every part made complete and perfect ; using the best materials in every department of the works, and the whole being In conformity with the foregoing specification and the accompanying drawings. 1308. Detailed Estimate of Cider Mill-house, Mill, and Press. £ s. d. 92 feet of lineal trenches excavated O : 10 : O 1013 feet superficial 9-inch brickwork (or 2 rods 131 feet 4 inches), at 6rf. per foot, or jglO : 4s. per rod 25: 6: 6 55 feet lineal dentil brick cornice, at 2d. per foot 0: 9: 2 3 squares 43 feet 9 inches of duchess slating, torched underneath, and copper-nailed, at 36s. per square 6: 3: 9