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 468 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 929. Soffits, Ingoings, Scuncheon Linings, Sj-c. All the windows of the principal roonis of the first story, and those of the chamlier story, are to have framed soffits and ingoings to correspond with the shutters. Those of the other parts of the house are to be plain. The scuncheons (the beveled parts, splays, or elbows, of the inside of a window opening, where the shutters are placed) of the two parlour windows arc to have framed linings to correspond with the shutters ; all the other windows are to have plain linings, and those of the low buildings are to have plain soffits and ingoings. 930. Architraves, Facings, §-c. The doors and windows of the two parlours are to be finished with double-faced architraves, and all the other doors and windows are to be finished round with moulded facings ; they and the architraves are to be made to corre- spond v>'ith their respective sections. The skylights are to be finished with suitable linings and facings. 931. Bases. The two parlours are to be finished with bases to correspond with their other finishing, the plinths of which are to be 6 inches and a half high. All the other apartments, passages, &c., that are floored with timber, are to have skirtings to correspond with the facings of the respective apartments, &c. Those of the first and chamber floors are to be 6 inches and half high ; and those of the kitchen buildings are to be 5 inches and a half high. The parlours are each to have a surbase to correspond with the base ; and the window architraves and facings, the bases and skirtings, and the surbases, are all to have suitable grounds. Those of the windows are to be dressed ; and those of the thin walls are to be built into them. 932. Jajiib Moulding. The chimney jambs, that are not made in imitation of marble ones, are to have jamb mouldings round them, and light entablatures over them. 933. Stair of Kitchen Buildings. The stair to the apartments over the kitchen, scullery, &c., is to be of timber ; the steps are to be 1 inch and an eightli thick ; it is to have a suitable plain rail. The stair to the chamber floor is to have a suitable hand- rail of wainscot, fixed upon plain iron balusters, three fourths of an inch square, which arc to be batted (run with lead into holes chiseled out for their reception) into the steps, &c. 934. Press Shelving. All the presses are to have tiers of shelving ; and the store closet is to be fitted round with three tiers of shelving ; each tier to be 14 inches broad. 935. Slating. The roofs are to be covered with best second Lancashire ton slates (or others according to local situation), liung to the laths with Memel timber pins, and to be rendered (pointed inside) with good plaster. The slates are to have at least ,'J inches of bond at the eaves ; but the bond may gradually diminish to 2 inches at the ridges. The ridges and piens (angles of the hips) are to be slated watcrtiglit befoi-e they are covered with the lead. The ridge and pien batten rods (ridge and hip rods) are to be 2 inches' diameter, and they are to be covered with lead, 6 pounds to the square foot, which is to be at least 12 inches in breadth. The alleys are to be laid with lead, 7 pounds to the square foot, which is to be at least 14 inches in breadth. All round the chimney stalks (shafts), where they are intersected with the plates, coverings of lead, 12 inches broad, are to be inserted into the chimney heads, to cover the joinings, and these coverings are to be of lead, 6 pounds per square foot. All along the lines of the roofs that intersect the higher buildings, the joinings of the slates with the walls are to be covered with aprons (or flasliings) of 6-pound lead at least 12 inches broad. The sky- lights are to be laid round with gutters of 6-pound lead, at least 12 inches broad. 1'lie aprons round the chimney stalks, and those that cover the joinings of the low roofs, are to be inserted into mortises or grooves, made in the stones as formerly specified ; and they are to be puttied into these mortises with lead and oil putty, mixed with fine sand, or dry pounded sandstone, well burnt (or roasted). This roasting is to destroy all earthy matter, &c. 936. Plasterers' JForli. The ceilings of all the apartments, passages, &c. of the first and chamber floors, and the walls of the entrance-lobby, passages, and staircase, are to be finished with good three-coat plaster. That of the ceilings to be on laths three sixteenths- of an inch thick ; and each apartment to have a suitable cornice, finished agreeably to the sections. All the ceilings of the kitchen buildings, and of all the other walls not specified above, are to be finished with fine two-coat plasterwork, to be properly straighted (made even or smooth with the edge of a board or float), &c. Behind all the ingoings, soffits, bases, and skirtings, &c., the wall is to have one coat of plaster, without finishing. 937. Though a variety of the materials and works are described in the foregoing specifications, yet it is not to be considered that the whole are specified, but it is to be distinctly understood that the whole are to be included in the estimate ; so that the house may be built and finished with materials and works of the quality and relative scantlings with those specified and figured on the plans, without any other charge than tliat in the estimate ; and the whole of the materials and works are to be done to the satisfaction of by the day of, luider a penalty of £.