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 87'i COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. On each fix proper sasli fasteners, and find lines, weights, and pulleys to the sashes. The back kitchen window frame to be a three-light transom, the sill of oak, with 1^-inch York sashes, the centre made to slide ; and in each to fix a sufficient number of iron stanchions. Round the inside fix |^-inch linings, with mouldings round, and inch window board. The windows to the pantry, china-closet, and shoe-place to be iu two lights made to slide, and in every other respect as the last ; there is also to be a small onc-liglit in the water-closet. Round the best kitchen is to be fixed a 7-inch torus plinth, plugged to the wall ; and a 5^-inch by 1-inch do. round the back kitchen pantry, closet, and passage, and also up the (stone) steps leading to the hall. Three tiers of inch shelving, with proper bearers, to be fixed on each side of the pantry and china- closet ; and in the arch of the pantry to fix a meat rail, with meat and game hooks. The water-closet to be fitted up with inch oak, wrought, framed, and clamped seat board on deal bearers ; the flap to be of the same description, hung with 2i-inch butts ; round the seat is to be a 5-inch by i^-inch oak skirting ; and round the floor is to be a 5i-inch by 1-inch deal do. To fix j-inch casings to the pipes where required. — Ground Floor. The front or entrance door to be S^-inch double margined, in four panels (as drawing, to be given), with mouldings laid on outside, and reeded and flush inside; hung with one pair and a half 4-inch butts, to 5-inch by 3-inch jambs. Round the jambs and soffit outside fix 3T-inch by ^-inch beaded casing (behind which the stucco will finish). A moulded and rabbeted transom rail to be framed in the jambs; and over the door provide and fix a metal fanlight. A 12-inch best iron-rimmed drawback lock, with brass furniture, to be fixed on this door; also two 12-inch brass barrel bolts, and an iron door-chain. The doors to the two sitting-rooms to be of 1 J-inch stuff, in four panels, double margined, and moulded on both sides; to be hung to 1^-inch rabbeted linings, with 4-inch brass rising butts. On each is to be fixed a mortise-lock, with ebony furniture, the prime cost of which is to be 15s. each. The door to the basement to be l|^-inch deal, in four panels, moulded and square, hung with Si-inch butts, to 5-inch by 1 i^-inch rabbeted jambs ; and to have a 9-inch iron-rimmed lock fixed on it. The doors from the hall to the conservatories to be 2^-inch sash-doors, with diminished styles, hung to 5-inch by 1 j-inch jambs, with one pair and a half 3-inch butts, having a best mortise lock, with ebony furniture on each ; l^^-inch shutters to be provided for these doors, with proper fastenings and bars (the whole more fully described by the working drawings) ; the two doo)-s leading out of the rooms into the conservatories to be of the same description, with shutters, &c. (which will also be described more fully by draw- ings at large). The doors to the hall and sitting-rooms to have 5i-inch by l^-inch architraves round, with frieze and cornice. The windows to the sitting-rooms to have 2-inch sashes and cased frames, with oak sills and pidley pieces ; the sashes to be double hung with ij-inch best brass axle pulleys, having patent sash fasteners, lines, weights, &c. Each window to have boxing shutters, framed with ^-inch moulded front flap, the other J 5-inch square; to make also proper boxings, with inch back lining and grounds, and a 5^-inch moulded architrave round. Also a 1^-inch framed and moulded dado to correspond with the shutters, backs, elbows, and soffits. On each set of shutters to fix two ] 8-inch shutter bars, and two brass shutter latches, with ebony furniture. The sashes to the conservatories to be of 2-inch double hung, with frames, &c., as last de- scribed. The finishings, &c., shown by the working drawings. The floors of the sitting-rooms to be laid with inch red deal, in narrow boards, and edge-nailed. Proper margins to be laid round the hearth-stones : 2^-inch by |-inch grounds to be fixed round these rooms, as well as the hall and staircase; and upon them is to be a 10-inch double-moulded plinth, with backings and furrings. — Chamber Floor. The doors in this story to be of H-inch deal, moulded and square, hung with 3-inch butts to l^-inch linings. Round the door in the landing is to be a 5i-inch moulded architrave, and on the inner side of rooms a single moulding ; and on each is to be fixed a mortise-lock, with ebony furniture ; except the closets, which arc to have 7-inch iron-rimmed locks. The windows to have ]|-inch sashes, double hung, with case frames, oak sills, and pulley pieces, with lines, weights, &c., complete, as before described on the ground floor. A J-inch lining, with single mould, and inch window-board to be fixed to each window. The floors to be of inch deal narrow boards, laid folding, with proper margins. The grounds to be fixed as chamber floors where required; and a 7-inch by 1-inch ditto moulded plinth to be fixed round each room and closets. The plinth round the landing to be the same as that on the ground floor. The water-closet to be fitted up with inch clamped Spanish mahogany seat, on deal 3j-inch by 3-inch bearers and stand- ards ; the flap to be of the same description, beaded and clamped ; and on one side there is to be a 1 2-inch by 6-inch paper-box, to be framed with coves. The riser to be J-inch mahogany, framed and beaded in one panel ; round the closet is to be a 6-inch by :i-inch mahogany moulded skirting. To fix proper linings and casings to the pipes. To frame a cistern over the closet, out of 1^-inch dovetailed. Angle beads to be fixed to