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 COTTAGE DWELLINGS IN VARIOUS STYLES. 2^1 A set of one and a lialf inch stone ditto, eight inches wide to the £ s. d. kitchen, with slab and back hearth 1 : 5:0 A six-inch stone sink, ten feet superficial, with a trap in ditto,, pinned into the wall on two sides 2 : 5:0 Two stone steps, seven feet lineal, to the doorway 1 : 1:0 £S: 16 : O 447. Plasterer's Work. One hundred and thirty-six yards of whiting ceilings, at Id. per yard 0:11:4 Two hundred and fifty-six yards of colouring walls, at 2d. per yard 2 : 2:8 One hundred and fifty yards of render aiid set, at 7c?. per yard 4 : 7:6 Fifty-nine yards floated ditto, at lOd. 2 : 9:2 One hundred and eighty-seven yards of lath, plaster, and set, to the partition and ceilings, at Is. : 5d. 13 : 4:11 Thirty yards floated ditto, to the parlour, at Is. : 9d 2 : 12:0 Forty-five feet lineal of cornice, six inches in girth, at 5d. per foot (see s,infig. 369) : 18 : 9 Fifty-eight feet lineal moulded coping in cement to the gables, and eighty-one feet ditto to the embattlements (see v v, in fig. 370), at Is. : 6d. per foot 10 : 8 : 6 Thirty-seven feet ditto label mouldings to the windows (see 6, in fig. 369), at 6d. per foot 0:18:6 One hundred and fifteen ditto ditto string mouldings (see w, in fig. 370), at 9rf. per foot 4: 6:3 Sixteen mitres to the gable moulding, at 3d. each : 4:0 Three shields, at Is. each : 3:0 Four ornamental chimney tops of Austin's artificial stone, five feet high, at £2 : 2s. each (see fig. 373) 8 : 8:0 £50 : 14 : 7 448. Plumber, Painter, and Glazier's Work. Three cwt. of milled lead to the valleys, at 25s. per cwt 3 : 15 : O Ten feet of three-quarter-inch pipe, with joints and stopcock to ditto, for the water-closet 1 : 0:0 Water-butt and stand 1 : 10 : Fifty-three feet lineal of cast-iron gutter to the eaves, painted four times in oil, at 2s. per foot (see/, in fig. 371) 5 : 6:0 Tliirty-six feet ditto of two-inch iron pipe, at Is 1:16:0 Two heads and two shoes to ditto : 12 : O One hundred and forty-eight feet superficial crown glass (third quality) to all the sashes and doors, at Is. : 6d. per foot 11: 2:0 One hundred and twenty-five yards, painted four times in oil colom's, at Sd. per yard 4 : 3:4 Two hundred and thirty fett lineal of skirting ditto, at Id. per foot : 19 : 2 Eight casements and frames, painted on both sides 1 : 0:0 £31: 3:6 449. Summary of Estimates. Digger and bricklayer 107: 2: 6 Slater 12 : 2:4 Carpenter 58 : 10 : O Joiner and Ironmonger 89 : 6:8 Stonemason 8 : 16 ^.tO Plasterer 50: 14:7 Plumber, Glazier, and Painter v 31 : 3:6 Total prime cost of this dwelling ^357 : 15 : 7 450. General Estimate. Cubic contents 17,688 feet, at 6d. per foot, £442 : 4s. ; at 4d., ^^294 : 16s. ; and at 3d., £221 : 2s. ; by which it appears that 4^d. per foot is about a fair price for estimating lodges of this description. 451. Remarks. For an ornamental cottage this must be considered a very economical plan : its accommodations are insufficient for a small farmer, or a retired tradesman ; but it would not be difficult to enlarge it, and yet preserve the general character of the elevation. The contributors of this Design (Messrs. W. and H. Laxton) have sent us a plan for this purpose, fig. 377 ; in which a is the entrance lobby ; b, the parlour, or