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 FARM HOUSES AND FARMERIES IN VARIOUS STYLES. lo3 5 pair 2-inch butts , 1 pair 18-inch garnets 1 cellar lock and key 1 wooden pattern for casting the iron lights and casements. 32 cast-iron frames 32 casements with hinges and stay bars 2 iron shutter bars 4 newel posts turned 1 hole for handle 1 cap to pump case Barrel curb for well 5 gable posts carved and fixed, 7 feet 6 inches long 8 pendants 4 feet long 4 caps and 4 bases to columns ■ 36 turned balusters 4 carved caps to the posts in the porch £ ^.S5 : 7:11 861. Plumber's, Painters, and Glazier's Work, a. m. 12 cwt. 2 qrs. cast lead 3 cwt. 2 qrs. milled lead 53 feet run Si-inches lead pipe and joints 26 feet 3-inch lead rain-water pipe 2 cistern heads 1 5-inch brass grate and bell trap 1 stout 4-inch lead pump barrel complete, with iron handle, bucket, sucker, and fixing 152 feet second Newcastle crown glass, small panes 154 yards of painting thrice in oil, of stone colour 146 feet run bar do 218 feet square skirting, 6 inches high 48 feet 6 inches torus skirting, 7 inches high 26 feet handrail 132 feet bar balusters 90 feet angle staft' 32 casements and frames both sides, 12 small squares in each 2 shutter bars £ CS : 18 : lO 862. Summary of Estimates for the Bailiff's Cottage, a. m. Bricklayer 444 Plasterer 41 Mason 234 Carpenter and Joiner 485 Plumber, Painter, and Glazier 68 £ 1274 : 4 : 9 863. General Estimate. This cottage contains 22,842 cubic feet ; which, at the above sum, amounts to Is. d. per foot, which thus appears to be the proper sum, per cubic foot, for estimating dwellings of this description in the neighbourhood of London. 864. Remarks. Our readers, we think, will agree with us in highly approving of this cottage, both for its internal accommodations and arrangements, and for its external effect. The parlour and kitchen are of good sizes, and are both well lighted ; and the cellarage, pantry, store room, and dairy are ample. The latter is large, because it is supposed to furnish supplies to the family residing in the mansion. It is very properly placed on the north side of the building, and both doors and windows are protected by wirecloth from the entrance of flies. The pump being in the dairy scullery is a great convenience. The drying-porch, judiciously placed on the south side of the building, is a most useful part of this house, and we could wish it appended to every dwelling in the country ; not only on account of the accommodation which it affords for da-ying things in wet weather, and for sitting or working under, but for its ornamental effect. It is a more social appendage than the veranda, because it allows of a party sitting round a table, either to work or to eat. In America such a porch would be a delightful place for husking Indian corn, as described by Cobbett ; or, in Savoy, for taking the skins off walnuts, to prepare them for being crushed for oil, as described in the interesting Travels