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 MODEL HOUSES FOR FAMILIES, 
 
 BUILT IN CONNEXION WITH 
 
 THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851, 
 
 33t) Command of 
 
 HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS 
 
 THE PRINCE ALBERT, K.G. 
 
 PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY FOR IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF 
 THE LABOURING CLASSES. 
 
 BY 
 
 HENRY ROBERTS, F.S.A. 
 
 FELLOW OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS, 
 
 HONORARY ARCHITECT TO THE SOCIETY FOR IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF 
 THE LABOURING CLASSES. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY REQUEST, AND SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF 
 THE SOCIETY FOR IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE LABOURING CLASSES, 
 AT No. 21, EXETER HALL, STRAND, LONDON ; 
 
 ALSO BY SEELEYS, FLEET STREET, AND HANOVER STREET; NISBET & CO., BERNERS STREET 
 J. W. PARKER AND SON, WEST STRAND AND HATCHARD, PICCADILLY. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Amongst the vast collection of objects presented in the Great 
 Exhibition of 1851, the visitor who estimates their real value and importance, 
 not by the cost or labour of production, not by artistic merit or gorgeous 
 effect, but by their adaptation to advance the physical, social, and moral 
 condition of the great masses of the people — of those who form the basis 
 of the social edifice, will justly and gratefully appreciate the unpretending 
 contribution made by His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, of Model 
 Houses for Families , of the class of manufacturing and mechanical opera- 
 tives, which forms the subject of the following description. 
 
 The plans, constructive details, specification and estimate of cost are 
 published with a view to facilitate the adoption of the design, either in 
 whole or in part, by those who may desire to do so ; and with the further 
 object of illustrating the adaptation of the peculiar arrangement of these 
 houses to buildings of a more extended character, two elevations are given 
 which show how the same plan may be carried out in more lofty blocks of 
 houses. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MODEL HOUSES FOR FOUR FAMILIES, 
 
 ERECTED AT THE CAVALRY BARRACKS, 
 
 IIYDE PARK, 
 
 IJSf CONNEXION WITH THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851. 
 
 His Royal Highness the Prince Albert has had this building 
 raised on his own account, with a desire of conveying practical information 
 calculated to promote the much-needed improvement of the dwellings of the 
 Working Classes, and also of stimulating Visitors to the Exhibition, whose 
 position and circumstances may enable them to carry out similar under- 
 takings, and thus without pecuniary sacrifice, permanently to benefit those 
 whose labour and skill are there so much displayed, and who greatly depend 
 on others for their home and family comforts. 
 
 In its general arrangement, the building is adapted for the occupation 
 of four families of the class of manufacturing* and mechanical operatives, who 
 usually reside in towns, or in their immediate vicinity ; and as the value of 
 land, which leads to the economizing of space, by the placing of more than 
 one family under the same roof, in some cases, renders the addition of a 
 third, and even of a fourth story desirable, the plan has been suited to such 
 an arrangement, without any other alteration than the requisite increase in 
 the strength of the walls. 
 
 The most prominent peculiarity of the design is that of the receding and 
 protected central open staircase, with the connecting gallery on the first floor, 
 formed of slate, and sheltered from the weather by the continuation of the 
 main roof, which also screens the entrances to the dwellings. 
 
 The four tenements are arranged on the same plan, two on each floor. 
 
 The entrance is through a small lobby, lighted from the upper part of 
 the door. 
 
 * Plans for Cottages in agricultural districts, with Working Drawings, Specifica- 
 tions, and Bills of Quantities, are published by the Society for Improving the Condition 
 of the Labouring Classes, No. 21, Exeter Hall, Strand. 
 
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 The living room has a superficial area of about 150 feet, with a closet on 
 one side of the fireplace, to which warm air may be introduced from the back 
 of the range ; over the fireplace is an iron rod for hanging pictures ; and on 
 the opposite side of the room a rail is fixed level with the top of the doors, 
 and above it a shelf may be placed if desired. 
 
 The scullery is fitted up with a sink, beneath which is a coal-bin of 
 slate ; a plate-rack at one end, drained by a slate slab into the sink, covers 
 the entrance to the dust-shaft, which is enclosed by a balanced self-acting 
 iron door. The dust-shaft leads into a closed depository under the stairs, 
 and has a ventilating flue, carried up above the roof. The meat safe is 
 ventilated through the hollow brickwork, and shelves are fixed over the 
 doors. A dresser flap may be fixed against the partition. 
 
 The sleeping apartments, being three in number, provide for that sepa- 
 ration which, with a family, is so essential to morality and decency. Each 
 has its distinct access, and a window into the open air ; two have fire- 
 places. 
 
 The children’s bed-rooms contain 50 feet superficial each, and, opening 
 out of the living room, an opportunity is afforded for the exercise of parental 
 watchfulness, without the unwholesome crowding of the living room, by its 
 use as a sleeping apartment. 
 
 The parents’ bed-room, with a superficial area of about 100 feet, is 
 entered through the scullery — an arrangement in many respects preferable 
 to a direct approach from the living room, particularly in case of sickness. 
 The recess in this room provides a closet for linen ; and a shelf is carried 
 over the door, with a rail fixed beneath it — a provision which is made in 
 each of the other bed-rooms. 
 
 The water-closet is fitted up with a Staffordshire glazed basin, which is 
 complete without any wood fittings, and supplied with water from a slate 
 cistern in common of 250 gallons, placed on the roof over the party and 
 stair-case walls. The same pipes which carry away the rain-water from the 
 roof serve for the use of the closets. 
 
 Constructive Arrangement. 
 
 The peculiarities of the building in this respect are, the exclusive use of 
 hollow bricks for the walls and partitions, (excepting the foundations, which 
 are of ordinary brickwork,) and the entire absence of timber in the floors and 
 roof, which are formed with flat arches of hollow brickwork, rising from S to 
 9 inches, set in cement, and tied in by wrought-iron rods connected with 
 cast-iron springers, which rest on the external walls, and bind the whole 
 structure together; the building is thus rendered fire-proof, and much less 
 liable to decay than those of ordinary construction. The roof arching, which 
 
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 is levelled with concrete, and covered with patent metallic lava, secures the 
 upper-rooms from the liability to changes of temperature to which apartments 
 next the roof are generally subject, and the transmission of sound, as well as 
 the percolation of moisture, so common through ordinary floors, is effectually 
 impeded by the hollow-brick arched floors. 
 
 The external and main internal walls are of patent bonded brickwork, 
 which has the important advantages of securing dryness and warmth,* with 
 economy of construction ; another great benefit arising from the use of 
 hollow bricks f is, that where they are laid double, in parallel courses, 
 without headers, as in the patent bonded brickwork, the internal face of the 
 wall is sufficiently smooth to render plastering unnecessary. In the present 
 instance, where plastering has been resorted to, it is confined to one side of 
 a thin partition, or to partitions formed with bricks not intended for 
 the situation in which they are used. 
 
 In regard to some other parts of the brickwork, it should also be 
 observed, that owing to the erection of the building having been determined 
 on late in the winter, many difficulties had to be contended with in 
 obtaining a sufficient supply of hollow bricks ; and from accidental circum- 
 stances, disappointments were experienced in reference to a considerable 
 number, on which account the structure should be regarded rather as the 
 pledge of future excellence in hollow-brick construction than as its full 
 accomplishment. 
 
 The glazed surface of the bricks used in the two upper-floor living-rooms, 
 and at the foot of the staircase, may be referred to as a specimen of what 
 can be accomplished by the skilful adaptation of fitting materials, and as 
 highly creditable to their maker. Specimens of glazed bricks of clay from 
 the north of Devon are also exhibited. 
 
 The advantages afforded by the use of hollow bricks in securing an 
 effective system of insensible ventilation, deserves particular notice. Fresh 
 air is admitted from any suitable point of the exterior of the building to a 
 chamber at the back of the living-room fireplace, where being warmed, it 
 may be conducted to any convenient place of exit above the level at which 
 the fresh air is admitted. Vitiated air may be conveyed either into the 
 chimney flue or to any other suitable place of exit through the upper wall 
 courses, perforated for this purpose, beneath the springing of the arch, or 
 
 * Those who are conversant with the evils resulting from the absorption of moisture 
 by common bricks, and the consequent loss of temperature in rooms by evaporation, 
 will duly appreciate these advantages. 
 
 f A further description of hollow brickwork, and of the advantages derivable 
 from its use, is given at page 12 ; also the result of experiments made in order to ascer- 
 tain the strength of hollow bricks, and of arches formed with them, as well as of the 
 iron work rised in connexion therewith. 
 
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 through the arch bricks themselves. Suitable air-bricks and ventilators 
 have been prepared with these express objects in view. 
 
 Internally French plaster has been used, as drying quicker, and having 
 a harder surface than ordinary plaster. The floors, where not of Portland 
 cement, are laid with Staffordshire tiles, excepting to the right-hand room, 
 first floor, which is of lava. The coping is in Portland cement: molded 
 brick might be substituted. The external string courses and internal cornices 
 are patent bricks set in Portland cement with the splayed side outwards. 
 
 The mode of fire-proof construction, and the general arrangement of the 
 fittings, are such as have been used in the Model Houses built by the 
 Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes, to which the 
 Architect of this building also acted as honorary Architect. 
 
 In most parts of England, the COST of four houses, built on the plan of 
 this model structure, with ordinary materials, and finished similar to the 
 ground-floor apartments, may be stated at £440 to £480, or from £110 to 
 £120 for each tenement, contingent on the facilities for obtaining materials 
 and the value of labour. Such dwellings, let at 3s. 6d. to 4s. a-week, would, 
 after deducting ground-rent and taxes, afford a return of 7 per cent, on the 
 amount of outlay. Where hollow bricks are obtainable at a fair price, their 
 use ought to effect a reduction of about 25 per cent, on the cost of the 
 brickwork, or equal on these four houses to about £40. 
 
 PLAN OP GROUND FLOOR. 
 
 A Sink, with Coal Box under. 
 
 B Plate Rack over entrance to Dust Shaft, D. 
 C Meat Safe, ventilated through hollow bricks. 
 
 E Staircase of Slate, with Dust Place under. 
 F Cupboard warmed from back ot Fireplace. 
 G Linen Closet in this recess if required. 
 
 Scale of 
 
 feet. 
 
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 PLAN SHOWING THE SMALLER BED ROOMS INCREASED IN AREA. 
 
 The above Plan is given in order to show how the area of the smaller 
 bed rooms may be slightly increased, by taking 6 inches from the width of 
 the parents’ bed room. 
 
 If this arrangement be adopted, both cross partitions should be formed 
 in 6-inch No. 6 or No. 7 hollow bricks set in cement, and the iron springer, 
 shown in the lithographed drawings, over the recess in the centre room, will 
 be dispensed with ; the floor and roof arches to the two smaller rooms may 
 be turned in separate spans, with 4-inch No. 5 hollow bricks ; the arch over 
 the larger room to be in 6-inch No. 6 hollow bricks, a continued springer for 
 the arch being formed over the cupboard recess by a flat stone ; the centre 
 of the -window which lights the two smaller bed-rooms is to be that of the 
 partition between them. 
 
 A statement of the reduction in cost which would arise from the adoption 
 of this arrangement is appended to the estimate. 
 
 It has been deemed unnecessary, in the preceding description, to enter into the 
 details, or to dwell on the practical view of the subject, which will be found in the 
 author’s “ Essay on the Dwellings of the Labouring Classes.” 
 
 This work, containing an account, with plans, of the Model Houses referred to at 
 page 10, and numerous designs for Cottages, &c., is published (second edition) by the 
 Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes, 21, Exeter Hall, Strand, 
 and has been translated and published in French, by order of the President of the 
 Republic. Gide et Baudry, editeurs, Paris. 
 
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 ON THE FORM AND USE OF HOLLOW BRICKS. 
 
 The importance of hollow bricks in the construction of dwellings for the labouring 
 classes, warrants some further remarks on this subject. No one conversant with houses 
 of slight construction can be imaware of the evil to which they are so liable from damp 
 external walls and floors ; any remedy which effectually secures its removal, without 
 adding to the cost of the building, must prove a great benefit to the occupants of such 
 dwellings ; and where a mode of construction effects this object at a diminished cost, 
 it is a boon to the landlord as well as to the tenant. 
 
 The use, in architectural construction, of hollow-shaped clay, in a variety of forms, 
 was known to the ancients, and amongst other purposes was adopted by them in 
 lightening the weight of the spandrils to vaulting of considerable span. 
 
 For the lining of rubble-stone walls tile was commonly used in Roman buildings. 
 The Colosseum may be instanced as an example, where much of the inner wall is con- 
 structed of rubble and faced with tile, which has been covered with slabs of different 
 coloured marble. At Pompeii, a hollow tile was in some instances used for seeming a 
 dry surface to receive the fresco paintings. 
 
 In the Illustrated London News of October 5, 1850, drawings are given of Roman 
 flue-tiles, found at Lymne, in Kent, where they have been used for distributing warm 
 air from an hypocaustum under the floor of the building. 
 
 Hollow bricks are peculiarly adapted for agricultural buildings, and for enclosure, 
 park, or fence walls, as well as for the ordinary dwellings of the labouring classes, for 
 schools, and for houses generally of moderate height, and with the usual weight of roofs 
 and floors, rendering internal battening unnecessary. For conservatories they may be 
 used with singular advantage. Heat may be passed through every portion of both 
 floors and walls. Their strength may be adapted to circumstances, and where necessary 
 be rendered fully equal to that of solid bricks. 
 
 When used for partitions, or for roof and floor arches, they are fire-proof, deaden 
 sound more effectually, and are considerably fighter than solid brickwork. As a fining 
 to stone or flint walls, they supersede the necessity for battening, and the consequent 
 risk of fire and dry rot is avoided. For cottage floors they are also well adapted. 
 
 The various forms of hollow bricks proposed, prior to that which has been invented 
 and 'patented by the author, are all, particularly in reference to external walls, more or 
 less liable to the objection, that they either will not properly bond together, and form a 
 substantial wall, or else that the headers and the vertical joints afford a medium for the 
 transmission of damp from the exterior to the interior. 
 
 By the form adopted in the patent hollow brickwork, a perfect bond, running longi- 
 tudinally through the centre of the wall, is secured, all headers and vertical joints passing 
 through it are avoided ; internal as well as external strength is obtained ; and every 
 facility given for the fixing of floor-plates, and other timbers ; whilst, by the parallel 
 longitudinal cavities, ample security for dryness is afforded, and great facility presented 
 for ventilation, as well as for the conveyance of artificial heat, and for the transmission 
 of bell-wires, pipes, &c. 
 
 According to the specification enrolled 15 June, 1850, this patent includes bricks and 
 tiles, hollow or otherwise, of such form as will secure a “ longitudinal bond, whether 
 obtained by the overlapping of the alternate or the parallel courses of bricks, either with 
 a square, a rebated, or a chamfered joint, and with a level, a sunk, or a bevelled bed.” 
 
 The dimensions of the bricks being unlimited, a size has been chosen which, with the 
 omission of the headers, reduces, by about one-third, the number of joints, and greatly 
 improves the appearance of the work, giving it more boldness of effect and resemblance 
 to stone than that of ordinary brickwork — twelve inches in length, including the joints, 
 three courses rise one foot in height ; a size equally convenient for the workmen in the 
 manufacture, and in the use of the bricks — whilst less liable to damage in moving than 
 bricks of larger size, their form admits of ready handling and stowage for transport. 
 
 The principle of the patent bond is, however, equally applicable to the ordinary or to 
 any other size of brick. 
 
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 Nine patent hollow bricks of the size before described will do as much walling as 
 sixteen ordinary bricks, whilst the weight of the former but little exceeds that of the 
 latter, an important consideration in reference to carriage, as well as labour in using. 
 
 When passing through the machine, or in the process of drying, any number may 
 be splayed at the ends to the rake of gables, be mitred, or be marked for closures, and 
 broken off as required in use ; or they may be perforated for the purpose of ventilation. 
 If nicked with a sharp-pointed hammer, they will break off at any desired line ; and 
 the angles may be taken off with a trowel as readily as those of a common brick. 
 
 A sufficient proportion of good facing bricks may be selected from an ordinary 
 burning, and in laying them, a much better bond will be obtained than is usually given 
 in common brickwork. 
 
 The splayed bricks may be used for the weathing of plinths, for eaves moulding 
 under gutters, and for gable moulding under projecting tiles or slates, in lieu of barge 
 boards. Labels for doors and windows may be made hollow in lengths. 
 
 The bricks for the quoins and jambs may be made either solid or perforated ; and 
 with perpendicular holes, either circular, square, or octagonal, those in the quoins may 
 be so arranged as to serve for ventilating shafts. Stone will be found equally applicable 
 for the quoins and jambs, and the appearance of the work be thereby improved. 
 
 Hollow bricks may be made, with any good tile machine, in the same manner as 
 ordinary draining pipes, and at about the same cost in proportion to the quantity of clay 
 contained in them. The material is finer ; they are more compressed, require less drying, 
 and with much less fuel are better burned than ordinary bricks, even when waste heat, 
 or that in the upper part of the kiln, only is used, a fire skin being formed both within 
 and without. 
 
 The process of drying is much more rapid than in common brickwork, and the smooth- 
 ness of the internal surface of walls built with the patent bonded bricks renders plastering, 
 in many instances, quite unnecessary, whereby a saving is effected, not only in the first 
 cost, but also in the subsequent maintenance. If glazed on the outer face, as may be 
 done with many clays, a superior finished surface is obtainable without plaster. 
 
 When made under favourable circumstances, the fair selling price of the patent bonded 
 hollow bricks is about one-fourth more than that of ordinary bricks, at which rate, owing 
 to the increase of size, a saving of nearly 30 per cent, will be effected ; or if the selling 
 price be one-third more than that of ordinary bricks, the saving effected by their use 
 will be about 25 per cent., with a reduction of 25 per cent, in the quantity of mortar, 
 and a similar saving in the labour, when done by accustomed workmen; the cost of 
 carriage also will be considerably diminished. 
 
 Licences for making Patent Bonded Hollow Bricks are granted by the Patentee, in 
 consideration of the payment of a royalty proportionate, in case of sale, to their price. 
 
 On testing the strength of six patent bricks of good quality, put together so as to 
 form a pier one foot long, one foot or three courses high, 9 in. wide, the external sides 
 being \ of an inch thick, the internal f in. thick, it was found that a weight of fit tons 
 caused a slight crack, only perceptible by sound, which did not increase until 8-j- tons were 
 placed on them. With 9 tons the horizontal beds gave way, the perpendicular sides 
 remaining unbroken, and without any tendency in the bricks to separate. 
 
 A 6 in. hollow partition, or arch brick, of good well-burnt clay, 9 in. long, 4 in. thick, 
 the beds f in. and the sides \ in. thick, was tested with 7 tons, when it cracked in both 
 beds ; and, with eight tons, the brick broke up. Other trials have given a similar result. 
 
 A hollow brick of very superior red clay, well burnt, 9 in. long, 41 in. wide, and 
 21 in. thick, the sides full f in. thick, cracked slightly with 6 tons, very perceptibly with 
 7 1 tons, but required 17 tons to crush or break it up. 
 
 Experimental floor-arches, of 10 feet 3in. span, turned with hollow bricks 6 inches 
 deep, between two cast-iron springers similar in form to those shown in the drawing of 
 details (Plate 9), and connected by £ in. wrought-iron tie rods, 7 ft. 6 in. apart, were 
 loaded with bricks equally distributed over the arch to the extent of 8 tons 13 cwt. 3 qrs. 
 when they broke down through the crushing of the bricks; the deflection of the springer 
 
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 being a in. In another arch of the same span, with the tie rods 9 ft. 6 in. apart, and 
 loaded with 8 tons 10 cwt. 3 qrs., one of the springers broke; and, on examination, a flaw 
 was found in the casting. 
 
 These experiments were made at Messrs. W. Cubitt and Co.’s, Gray’s Inn Eoad ; 
 the patent bonded bricks being from the Marquis of Lansdown’s Brick Works, 
 Bowood, Wilts ; the partition, or arch brick, from Aylesford, Kent. 
 
 Under ordinary circumstances, in a dwelling-house of two stories similar in height to 
 that of the Prince s Model Houses, and constructed with hollow brick floors and roof, 
 the weight likely to come on one foot in length of the two lowest courses of 9 in. brick- 
 work, at the ground-floor level, supposing the upper rooms to be full of people, would not 
 exceed lx ton. In a three story building, similarly constructed, the corresponding 
 weight would be about tons, and about 4 tons at the door jambs, where the strength 
 of the bricks is proportionately greater. 
 
 The weight of 9 in. hollow brickwork, with mortar or cement, included in the above, 
 is taken at 651b. per foot superficial for every one foot in height of 9 in. wall ; with 
 many kinds of clay the weight would be less. 
 
 The weight of the 6 in. floor arches is about 371b. per foot superficial, and the levelling 
 up with concrete adds about 331b. per foot superficial. 
 
 The cast-iron springers for floor and roof arches (Plate 9) weigh 271b. per foot run, 
 and the tie rods, including heads, screws, &c., ljlb. per foot run. 
 
 PATENT BONDED BRICKS. QUOIN BRICK. 
 
 No - >• No. 2. No. 3. 
 
 INTERNAL JAMB AND ANGLE BRICKS. 
 
 No. 4 A. No. 4 B. No. 4 C. 
 
 ARCH AND PARTITION BRICKS. 
 
 No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. 
 
 No. 1. External patent bricks, wliicli, with the quoin brick No. 3, and the jamb brick 
 No. 4, are sufficient for building 9 inch walls. 
 
 No. 2. Internal patent bricks required to form any thickness of wall beyond 9 inches. 
 
 No. 3. Quoin bricks, 10J in. long, with one splayed corner for forming external angles, 
 reveals, and jambs of doors and windows, either square or splayed. 
 
 No. 4. Eor internal jambs and chimney bricks, 8J in. long. B and C, show how one or 
 two angles may be chamfered in the process of making by the same die. 
 
 No. 5. For 4y in. partitions or internal walls, to bond with the splayed bricks, and which 
 also answer for floor and roof arches, not exceeding 7 feet span. 
 
 No. 6. Eor 5f in. partitions or internal walls, and arch bricks, used for floor and roof 
 arches of 7 to 10 ft. span. 
 
 No. 7. Ditto ditto with webb to give extra strength, and adapt them for using 
 on edge in partitions 3 J in. thick, to rise in brick courses 
 
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 ELEVATION. 
 
 Tue Supplementary Elevations, Nos. 11 and 12, are given with a view to show 
 the adaptation of the peculiar arrangement of the Exhibition Model Houses to buildings 
 of a more extended and lofty character, whether of lire-proof or of ordinary construction. 
 In either case the walls may be of hollow or of solid bricks, but if the floors or roof bo 
 arched, hollow bricks should be used for that purpose, in order to combine lightness 
 with strength, an increase of one-third in the depth of the arch being obtainable by the 
 use of in. hollow bricks, with less weight than that of a solid brick arch 4£ in. deep. 
 
 For the main internal walls, the hollow partition brick (p. 14, No. 7), in. wide, 
 may be used with advantage in houses of ordinary construction ; and if, also, the minor 
 partitions are of the No. 5 hollow-brick, 4^ in. wide, internal wood partitions will be 
 altogether superseded, and timber only be required for the floors and roof ; the building 
 being thereby rendered more durable, and the first cost of internal plaster, as well as of 
 subsequent repairs, greatly diminished. 
 
 If the external walls be of the patent bonded hollow-brick, 
 the following directions may be useful in building them : — 
 
 The internal course of bricks should be set first, and quarter 
 bond regularly kept in laying the front bricks, which will 
 bring the joints of each external and internal course central 
 to the one above and below it, whilst all vertical joints 
 passing through the wall will be avoided. If §, -f, and i 
 bricks are provided, or a proportion of the bricks are thus 
 marked, in making, so that they may be broken off true in 
 use, the labour and waste will be much diminished. 
 
 The string courses, which serve also for window sills, may 
 be formed by simply turning the splayed side of the external course 
 outwards, and filling in with a partition brick, as shown in the marginal 
 section, which also indicates the arrangement of the wall plates, 4 by 3^, 
 cut on the inside to the splay of external brick ; or if a partition brick 
 be used externally, the plate may be square. 
 
 The patent splayed brick may be also used for the moulded string 
 course to the eaves, receiving the gutter, whether in metal or of Mr. 
 
 Beadon’s patent form in tile, as shown at the Exhibition, Class 7, No. 51, 
 and represented in the section below, No. 1. The splayed bricks may be used likewise 
 for the gables, receiving the projecting tile or slate, as shown in the subjoined 
 Elevations and Sections. The abutting bricks to the rake of gables may be splayed in 
 the manufacture, so as to avoid cutting. The angle corbel may be either in stone or 
 moulded clay. 
 
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 SECTIONS with eaves, gutter, etc. 
 
 No. 1. Patent Tile Gutter. No. 2. Metal Gutter. 
 
 SIDE AND FRONT ELEVATIONS, SHOWING THE 
 EAVES COURSES, AND THE GABLE. 
 
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 J&peuficatfon 
 
 Of Work to be done in Erecting a Block of Model Houses for 
 Families, containing Four Distinct Tenements. 
 
 The Plans, Elevations, and Sections foe the said Building aee to be 
 
 STRICTLY ATTENDED TO FOE FORM, DIMENSIONS, AND ESPECIALLY FOE THE CON- 
 STRUCTIVE DETAIL, AS WELL AS FOE ALL OTHEE PARTICULARS THEREIN SET FORTH, 
 SUBJECT ONLY TO SUCH VARIATIONS AS MAY BE RENDERED NECESSARY BY PECULIARITY 
 OF SITUATION, OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WHICH SHALL BE AGREED ON AND 
 DEFINED IN WRITING. 
 
 Note . — The items thus marked (*) must be agreed upon before a Contract can be made. 
 
 Excavator. 
 
 Dig out the trenches of sufficient depth and width to receive the footings of founda- 
 tion walls as shown on the sections; fill in and ram to the brickwork when built. 
 
 If the ground he sufficiently good and firm for the foundations, the trenches are 
 only to be excavated to the average depth of 1ft., perfectly level and even to receive the 
 brick footings. 
 
 * If the ground be loose, in order to obtain a firm and even foundation, which is indis- 
 pensable, and must be specially observed, the trenches are to be increased in depth and 
 filled up to the footings with a stratum of concrete, not less than 1ft. 6in. thick, and at 
 least 9in. wider than the footings, formed of clean coarse gravel and grey stone lime, in 
 the proportion of eight parts of the former to one part of the latter, well incorporated, 
 and mixed with a due proportion of water, being thrown in from a stage at least 6 ft. high. 
 
 * Excavate for drains, cesspools, tanks, &c., as may be required by the situation. 
 
 All the superfluous earth to be levelled round the building, or removed to such part 
 
 of the ground as may be directed. 
 
 All rubbish to be cleared away at the completion of the works. 
 
 Bricklayer. 
 
 The whole of the bricks, whether hollow or solid, are to be of the best quality of 
 their respective kinds, hard burnt, sound, and well-shaped. 
 
 The mortar to be composed of fresh stone lime and clean sharp sand, in the propor- 
 tion of three parts of sand to one of lime, well mixed. 
 
 All the cement used, to be the best Homan, unless otherwise specified. 
 
 The common stock brickwork to rise four courses to a foot, and the hollow brick- 
 work three courses to a foot precisely, unless otherwise specified. 
 
 The footings are to be two courses deep of common stocks, the first course to be 
 18in. and the next 14in. wide in mortar; the next two courses to be the fair work, 
 also in stocks, on which must commence the hollow brickwork. 
 
 A dust bin is to be formed under the staircase with 9in. wall of common stocks or 
 hollow bricks, and of the dimensions shown on the plans, 5ft. deep from the ground 
 floor line to top of footings, at which level a solid brick flat paving must be laid and 
 grouted with cement on a bed of concrete at least 3in. thick. 
 
 Where there is any reason to apprehend the rising of damp, a course of strong slate 
 well bedded in cement should be built under the first course of hollow bricks, or a coat 
 of metallic lava, fin. thick, should be laid on. 
 
 * According to agreement, to be noted at the foot of this Specification, the walls are 
 to be built either with the patent bonded hollow bricks or with good stock bricks. 
 
 If hollow bricks are used, the constructive details must be in strict conformity with 
 those given in the plans, elevations, and sections. The external walls having the inclined 
 face of bincks set outwards, and at the string courses the internal backing up to be in 
 6in. partition bricks. (See further instructions, p. 15.) 
 
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 All the walls are to be of the height and thickness shown on the drawings, great care 
 to be taken in carrying them up perpendicularly and horizontally. 
 
 The external and the 9in. internal walls, with the Gin. partitions, are to be built in 
 mortar. The 4in. partitions are to be set in cement with two tiers of hoop iron bond, 
 properly connected at the angles. 
 
 All window and door arches, and the large arch over staircase recess are to be cut 
 and set in cement, and tuck pointed; also, all external strings to be in cement. 
 
 Two courses throughout, immediately under the ground floor level — viz., the upper 
 course of common stocks and the first course of hollow bricks, arc to be set in cement 
 with two rows of strong hoop iron bond laid in between them. Three courses all round 
 the building, at the first floor and roof levels, commencing with the sailing course under 
 the springings of arches, and including the 9in. and Gin. internal walls to be set in 
 cement with two rows of strong hoop iron bond laid in on top of second course. 
 
 Great care must be taken to securely connect the hoop iron bond at all the angles 
 and cross walls, and the overlaps to be turned at least 12in. long. 
 
 The smoke flues are to be carried up as shown on the drawings, 9in. square when 
 finished, properly pargetted and cored; or they may be circular, lOin. diameter. 
 
 26 cast-iron air bricks and 48 ventilating valves will be supplied by the proprietor, 
 and must be allowed for and built in by the contractor in such places as shall be 
 directed, to communicate with the smoke flues and warm air chambers behind the living- 
 room fire-places, also with the external atmosphere, and air flues of an average length 
 of 2ft. to be formed through the hollow bricks to each. 
 
 Form a dust-shaft 14in. by 9in. in the clear, well rendered with cement, and left 
 perfectly smooth. The shaft to be commenced 2ft. 8in. below the ground-floor line in 
 the situation shown on the drawings, and carried up at least 4in. above the finished sur- 
 face of the roof for ventilation to the dust-bin, &c.; this shaft is to serve also for the 
 transmission of the water supply, service, and waste pipes. 
 
 Cast-iron abutment springers are to be built in the external walls, and connected 
 with wrought iron tie rods through the building. The end tie rods are to pass through 
 a course of the hollow bricks. 
 
 The upper floors and roofs are to be formed of hollow brick arches, turned in cement 
 on proper centering. They are to be 6in. deep over the living-rooms, parents’ bed- 
 rooms, and staircase, and may be 4jin. deep over the small bed-rooms, lobbies, and 
 water closets. Special care must be taken to have the centering sufficiently strong and 
 well shored up, in order to prevent the slightest settlement or deflection taking place 
 while the arches are being turned, and the centres are not to be removed under 
 eight or ten days after their completion. 
 
 The floor arches are to be levelled up with concrete, averaging 4in. thick, properly 
 prepared to receive cement or lava flooring. The roof arches are also to have a 
 levelling of concrete, averaging 6in. thick, laid to a fall of at least l|in. to 10ft., and 
 properly prepared for, and covered with, a coat of metallic lava, at least fin. thick, with 
 a skirting all round, averaging 5ft. high, turned into joint of brickwork. 
 
 * If any of the floors are to be boarded, the concrete must there be omitted (for 
 description, see Carpenter’s Work), and if boarded on ground-floor, air-bricks must be 
 built in for ventilation. 
 
 The chimney stacks above the roof are to be carried up to the height, &c., as shown 
 on the drawings. The bases and caps are to be formed of splayed bricks set in cement. 
 
 The external work to be of an uniform colour, carefully selected, with neat flat 
 drawn, joints. 
 
 The walls to the whole of the interior are to be worked fair for colour or limewhite. 
 
 The soffit of the floor and roof arches are to be cleaned, and prepared for whiting. 
 
 * According to agreement, and if the nature of the soil and locality be sufficiently 
 dry, the ground-floor may be laid with hollow bricks, dowelled at the heading joints, or 
 the ordinary paving tiles, bedded in cement on a layer of concrete 4in. thick. If arches 
 are used, the skewbacks must be formed on the upper course of footings in cement. 
 
 The area to staircase to be covered with the gravel lava on a bed of concrete 6in. thick. 
 
 All the door and window frames to be built in and pointed, with good hair mortar. 
 
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 Form ornamental gables with ramps, &c., on front parapet, and similar ramps to 
 the chimney stacks, as shown on the drawings. 
 
 Form hollow brick corbels or sailing courses 12in. long, to receive end of steps to 
 staircase against main wall. 
 
 The newel wall to staircase to be built according to drawings with hollow bricks in 
 cement, and 4in. corbel stone or brick caps to piers, and to receive lintels. 
 
 Hollow brick lintels to be formed over all internal, and the inside of external doors, 
 also over the 4ft. Bin. recesses in living rooms, bypassing l|in. T iron bars through the 
 hollow of bricks, and grouting the same solid with cement. Two bars are to be used 
 in the 9in. walls, and one in the 4 in. partition walls, each to be 12in. longer than the 
 respective opening. The latter of these lintels may be dispensed with if desired. 
 
 The chimuey pieces in the living-rooms to be formed of hollow bricks with small 
 chamfered angles or arrises, the jambs to be 9in. wide and to project 4 if in. The mantel 
 to be 4jin. deep, and project 4|in., set in cement. The mantel to have lj-in. T iron 
 passed through hollow of bricks, and grouted solid with cement, the shelf to be of slate 
 as described in Slater’s Work. 
 
 A dust door, or valve, to be built in under the slate shelf adjoining the sink in each 
 scullery, and a proper shoot to be formed with bricks in cement leading into the shaft, 
 well rendered in cement and left perfectly smooth. 
 
 Set the grates in the living and bedrooms. Those in the living-rooms are to have 
 hot-air chambers formed behind them. 
 
 * Lay in a sufficient quantity of 4in. and 6in. glazed drain pipes with socket joints 
 set in cement, to convey soil and waste from water-closets and sinks to the sewer. 
 
 * If there be no sewer in the immediate vicinity, a cesspool must be formed 8ft. deep 
 from the overflow, and 5ft. clear diameter in 6in. hollow bricks on end, or in two half- 
 brick rims, the outer one set in mortar, the inner one in cement, the bottom brick flat and 
 two courses plain tiles set in cement. The whole to be rendered with cement and 
 doomed over, with manhole in centre, covered with a strong stone. An overflow drain, 
 with proper syphon trap, to be laid from the cesspool to some convenient escape. 
 
 Mason. 
 
 Provide and fix in cement 4in. tooled and splayed York templatesto ends of all the cast- 
 iron girders and springers of the sizes necessary to secure perfect bond with the patent 
 bonded hollow bricks. 
 
 * Provide and fix to all internal walls in cement Bin. tooled York springers 14in. 
 wide, chamfered both edges for floor and roof arches, unless they be of brick in cement. 
 
 Provide and fix 3in. ditto ditto 8|in. wide, built in over entrance doors and water- 
 closets in walls against staircase, to receive narrow arches over lobbies and water-closets. 
 
 Provide and fix three pinnacles in Portland cement, Caen or Bath stone, moulded 
 according to drawing, and set same in cement to ornamental gables in front. 
 
 Provide and fix to all the ground-floor windows, and those in the staircase, tooled 
 York sills, properly sunk, weathered, and throated, llin. wide and 4in. thick, with back 
 edges fair tooled for inside, and grooved on top for metal tongue in oak sill. 
 
 * In localities where there is any difficulty in procuring stone for window-sills, &c., 
 they may be formed of hollow jamb bricks, 10|in. long, set in cement, to project l|in. 
 with the splay upwards, and on a slight inclination to form weathering or drip for water. 
 
 Provide and fix 2|in. tooled York back hearths to all the fireplaces; also, 2in. 
 rubbed York slabs to the same, 1ft. 6in. wide, and 1ft. 6in. longer than their respective 
 openings. The latter may be dispensed with if the floors are in Portland cement. 
 
 Slater. 
 
 The staircase is to be of l|in. slate treads and lin. risers. Winders top and 
 bottom, as shown on Drawings, with rounded nosings, and the risers grooved into 
 treads both edges. The treads are to be set on corbels built out of the brickwork for 
 that purpose on the wall side, and to be built 2|in. in the newel wall. The upper 
 winders are to be suspended with proper irons ljin. by |in. over the window arches, 
 
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 the whole to be well put together with good cement, and left perfectly clean at the 
 completion of the building. 
 
 Provide l£in. rubbed slate steps and risers 12in. wide and 5in. high, morticed for 
 door frames, with rounded nosings, and properly bedded in cement. 
 
 Provide and fix ljin. rubbed slate landing in one piece, built in the walls at each 
 end, and resting on cast-iron girder one side, and the other on the newel wall of stair- 
 case, forming a gallery of communication to the upper houses. 
 
 Provide a cistern of l^in. slate, properly grooved and bolted together with oil 
 cement in joints, to contain not less than 250 gallons, and fix the same on the roof raised 
 on hollow brick piers 8in. high over the ventilating shaft from dust-bin; cut all necessary 
 holes for the Plumber for pipes. 
 
 Provide in each scullery a sink of lin. slate 2ft. 4in. by 1ft. 4in., inside dimensions, 
 with tops, sides, and fronts to coal-box underneath, all the arrises to be either chamfered 
 or rounded off, the whole to be made in strict conformity to the drawings, put 
 together with screws and nuts and oil cement, and fixed in the most secure manner. 
 
 Note . — These sinks can be provided ready made in slate or cast iron, including the 
 fittings to coal-box underneath, and will only require fixing. 
 
 Provide and fix three |in. rubbed slate shelves in each safe — the bottom shelf to 
 have rounded edge. These shelves are to be kept Ain. from the back wall for the purpose 
 of ventilation. 
 
 Provide iin. rubbed slate blanks for the centre compartment in each of the three 
 light windows to the small bed rooms. (For fixing, see Carpenter’s, &c., Work). 
 
 Provide and fix ljin. rubbed and rounded slate mantel-shelf over the fireplaces in 
 each living-room 7in. wide in the clear, and to project 3in. at each end, the corners to 
 be rounded. These shelves must be built in the wall at least 3£in., and fixed as the 
 work is carried up. 
 
 Plasterer. 
 
 Twice white or colour all the ceilings and walls throughout the building internally. 
 
 The whole of the first floor is to be laid with patent Portland cement, at least lin. 
 thick, properly floated and finished with a trowelled face on a levelling-up of concrete, 
 as described in Bricklayer’s Work. 
 
 * The ground-floor is to be laid with hollow bricks bedded in cement, dowelled at 
 heading-joints on concrete, 4in. thick. ( See Bricklayer’s Work.f) 
 
 * The coping to the parapet to be in Portland cement 12±tn. wide, 3in. thick, properly 
 weathered and throated both edges, and cored out with two courses of plain tiles in 
 cement, to be continued round the ramps, &c., to gables in front, and to end chimney 
 stacks. Jamb bricks, No. 3, in cement, may be used for the coping where preferred. 
 
 Properly weather with Portland cement all external strings and sailing courses. 
 
 + In some parts of the country, lime and sand floors are very much used, and found to 
 last, when well made, upwards of forty years. The following description of the mode of working 
 them may be useful: A foundation or substratum should be prepared, about six inches thick, 
 with coarse gravel or brickbats, and lime core, well beaten to a level surface ; in damp situations 
 tar may be added to this concrete, on which is to be laid the lime and ash floor, thus prepared: 
 Take good washed sand, free from all earth and small stones, together with the ashes of lime, fresh 
 from the kiln, in the proportions of two-thirds of sand and one-third of lime-ashes. (Where 
 obtainable, the substitution of one-third portion of smiths’ ashes, or pounded coke, for one-half of 
 the sand, increases the durability and hardness of the floor.) Mix the sand and lime-ashes well 
 together, and let them remain in a body for a fortnight, in order that the lime may be thoroughly 
 slaked; then temper the mortar, and form the floor with it, three inches thick, well floated, and 
 so worked, that it be not trodden on until it has laid for three days ; it should then be well 
 rammed for several successive days, until it becomes hard, taking care to keep the surface level • 
 after that, use a little water and smoothe it with a trowel ; keep the floor free of dirt, and 
 when perfectly dry it may be rubbed over twice with linseed oil, which gives the appearance of 
 stone instead of sand. 
 
 The price paid for such floors is about 6 d. per yard for labour, and 8 d. per yard for materials. 
 
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 Carpenter and Joiner. 
 
 All the timber and deals used are to be of good quality, free from sap, shakes, large, 
 or dead knots. 
 
 Provide all centering for floor and roof arches, and turning pieces to apertures. 
 
 * If any of the floors are boarded on the arches, they must be of lin. yellow deal 
 straight joint, well nailed to joists 2in. by 2in., cut out lin. to fit the crown or curve of 
 arch, notched and nailed on sleepers 3in. by 2in. The joists not to exceed 12in. apart. 
 
 Provide and fix proper solid, wrought, rebated, and chamfered window frames, and 
 mullions of deal 44 in. by 3in. with oak sunk, weathered and throated sills, grooved on 
 underside for metal tongue in stone sill, l^in. staffbead or Jin. double chamfered fillet, 
 2Jin. wide mitred round inside to stop joint of brickwork. 
 
 t The living-room window frames in three lights are each to have a galvanized 
 wrought-iron casement, hung in the centre compartment with hinges, turnbuckle, and 
 proper stay-bar fastenings, the other two compartments to have T iron cross bars, 
 properly fixed across the centre to divide each light into two squares. 
 
 The three light window frames to the small bed-rooms to have the centre compart- 
 ments blanked with 4in. rubbed slate, properly bedded and screwed therein; the other two 
 compartments in these windows to have casements hung as those in the living-rooms. 
 
 One casement of the same description to be hung in each of the two-light window 
 frames to the parents’ bed-rooms ; the other light in each window to have T iron bar 
 fixed across the centre as before. 
 
 The sculleries are to have two-light window frames divided into two squares high, 
 as those to living-rooms ; the upper square of one compartment in each window to be 
 provided with an iron frame or casement hinged on T iron cross bar, to open down- 
 wards with iron rack fastening complete. 
 
 The water-closets to have one-light window frames divided into two squares, the 
 upper one being in an iron casement hung to T iron cross bar, with rack fastening as to 
 sculleries. (For Glazing, see Glazier’s Work; and for Iron Casements, &c., see Smith.) 
 
 The entrance doors to be l-^in. square framed, filled in with Jin. wrought, tongued 
 and beaded boards, with panel 8in. deep, formed at top for glass to be stopped in with 
 beads, hung with 3|in. butts to solid, wrought, rebated, and chamfered frames, d^in. 
 by 3in. A Jin. chamfered fillet, 2Jin. wide, to be nailed round inside of frame to stop 
 joint of brickwork. Fix a 9in. rim lock, one 9in. barrel bolt, one pair of ornamental 
 straps, and ditto escutcheon to keyhole, to each door. 
 
 The dusthole under stairs to have a lin. proper ledged door, hung with 3in. butts to 
 proper, solid, wrought, and rebated frame, 4Jin. by 3in. dowelled into slate sill, and to 
 have a 6in. dead lock. 
 
 The internal doors to be ljin. square framed, four panels, hung with 3in. butts 
 to l^in. wrought, rebated, chamfered, and staffbeaded linings ; those in the 9in. walls 
 to be 6|in. wide, and those in the 4in. partitions to be 3£in. wide. The staffbeads to 
 be mitred round on one side (see Drawing), and one bow latch to be fixed to each door. 
 
 A cupboard to be formed in the 14in. recess in each living-room, with l|in. deal 
 framed fronts and square framed doors in two heights, hung with 3in. butts, and to 
 have lock, knobturnbuckle, &c., fixed complete, each cupboard to be provided with four 
 lin. shelves, wrought and fixed on proper bearers. 
 
 A closet in each of the parents’ bed-rooms to be formed as shown on the drawing, 
 with ljin. framed fronts, and ljin. square framed 4in. panel doors, to correspond with 
 room doors, hung with 3in. butts, and to have good lock, knobturnbuckle, &c., fixed 
 complete. Provide and fix in each of these closets a Jin. double chamfered hook rail, 
 3iin. wide, with No. 4 iron hat and cloak pins screwed thereon. 
 
 + If ornamental casements be adopted, they are to have zinc bars with galvanized wrought iron 
 frames, as are shown in the elevations. 
 
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 A safe is to be formed in each scullery, as shown on the drawing, with lfin. framed 
 fronts, and doors hung with 3in. butts, and to have knobtumbuckle, &c., fixed complete. 
 One fin. deal wrought end 14in. wide, to be provided and fixed to each, with fillets 
 screwed on to receive fin. slate shelves. A box ventilator, fitted with perforated zinc 
 and valve, to be let in these ends. (For Shelves, see Slater’s Work.) 
 
 A plate rack is to be provided and fixed in each scullery, over ono end of the sink, 
 3ft. high, 1ft. 6in. wide, and 8in. deep, framed in three heights and covered with fin. 
 rounded top. 
 
 A lfin. deal frame clamped table top, 4ft. Gin. by 2ft. Gin., to be provided in each 
 living-room, hung with 3’ in. butts to the window board, to fall down or turn up against 
 the window to form shutter. Deal framed angle brackets, hung in proper frame, or to 
 lin. grounds, 3in. wide, securely fixed to the wall to support the flap when used as a 
 table. A 4in. neck bolt to be screwed to the window mullion, to secure the flap when 
 used as a shutter. 
 
 The following lin. deal wrought shelving, 9in. wide, to be provided and fixed on 
 Jin., chamfered all round, hook rail 3*in. wide, and plain wrought iron brackets. 
 
 The scullery in each house to have 9ft. 5in. of shelving in two lengths, fixed on one 
 side and end with the same length of hook rail, and one iron bracket. 5ft. of shelving 
 in each of the small bed-rooms over the doors, with 2ft. Gin. run of hook rail, and two 
 iron hat and cloak pins screwed thereon. 9ft. Gin. of shelving in each of the parents’ 
 bed-rooms over the doors, with 5ft. of hook rail, one iron bracket, and three iron hat 
 and cloak pins screwed thereon. Two hook rails in each living room, level with the top 
 of doors, one 3ft. and the other 4ft. 6in. long. 
 
 A fin. hook rail as before, 3ft. 6in. long, with three iron hat and cloak pins screwed 
 on, to be fixed in each entrance lobby. 
 
 Smith and Founder. 
 
 Provide and fix a cast iron girder, 7 fin. deep, fin. thick, with bottom flanges 3in. 
 wide on the inside to receive slate landing, top flange to be 2in. wide, If deep, cham- 
 fered both upper edges, to project fin. full on either side, and to have 9in. bearing on 
 the walls at each end, properly calked and bedded on lead seating laid on stone template. 
 
 Provide and fix cast iron railing across the staircase opening, and on the cast iron 
 girder, 3ft. 3in. high, as shown on the Drawings. 
 
 Provide and fix cast iron railing on staircase landing, over newel wall, with 
 fin. round bars 4in. apart, fin. square bottom rail 3in. up from slate, and a flat round 
 top rail 2in. wide, fin. thick, with one cast iron plain newel capped with top rail, and 
 securely fixed to slate landing by means of screw and nut. 
 
 Provide and fix cast iron springers in external walls to receive floor and roof arches, 
 in two lengths, coupled and bolted together in the middle with fin. bolts and screws. 
 These springers are to be cast as shown in the Drawings. 
 
 Provide and fix four fin. wrought iron tie-rods to each floor and roof with heads, 
 screws, and nuts, coupled on each main cross walls, properly let into stone springers, 
 to tie in the roof and floor arches through the building ; these rods are not to be placed 
 more than 7ft. Gin. apart, excepting over the back rooms; the tie rods at ends of 
 springers are to pass through the hollow part of bricks in the outer walls as shown in 
 section. 
 
 Provide tliree suspension irons lfin. by fin., to support three upper winders in 
 staircase, one 19in. long, another 12in. long, and the other 9in. long, turned at each end, 
 and let into brick and under the slates. (For fixing, see Slater’s Work.) 
 
 Provide 16 galvanized wrought iron casements, with one T iron cross bar in each, 
 for living-room and bed-room windows, with brass butt hinges, turnbuckle, and stay- 
 bar fastenings complete — size, 4ft. lfin. by 1ft. 3fin. opening in rebate to wood frame. 
 
 Provide No. 12 T iron cross-bars, with ends turned to let in and screw to wood 
 frames of living-room and bed-room windows 1ft. 4in. long. 
 
 Provide No. 3 ditto casements for scullery windows, 1ft. 5fin. by llfin., hinged to 
 T iron cross bars, prepared at each end to let in and screw to wood frame, and to have 
 proper iron rack fastenings over centre. No. 1 ditto casement for scullery, window 
 under the staircase, 1ft. 3in. by llfin., hinged as last, &c. 
 
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 Provide No. 4 T iron cross-bars, prepared at ends as last, lljin. long for scullery- 
 windows in the compartments without casements. 
 
 Provide No. 4 ditto casements similar to those in the sculleries for the water-closets, 
 lft. 5fin. by llfin., hinged to T iron cross-bars, &c. 
 
 The whole of the iron in connexion with these casements and bars to be of good 
 quality and galvanized. (For the fixing of these casements and bars, see the Carpen- 
 ter’s and Joiner’s Work.) 
 
 Note . — The whole of the above galvanized iron casements and T iron cross-bars, &c., 
 can be supplied ready for fixing. 
 
 * Furnishing- Ironmongery. 
 
 Provide No. 18, 12in. air bricks, and No. 8, 4in. ditto. 
 
 Provide, also, No. 16, 12in., and 16, 7in. wall-ventilators; 12, cornice ditto; 
 and No. 4, box ventilators with valve for the safes in sculleries. Also, No. 4, dust 
 doors to be fixed in the sculleries. (For the fixing, see Bricklayer’s Work.) 
 
 Provide and fix two strong plain scrapers, let into stone blocks. 
 
 A 9in. strong two-bolt iron rim lock is to be provided for each entrance door, with 
 proper box staples and large iron knob handles. 
 
 One pair of ornamental straps and one keyhole escutcheon to be provided for each 
 entrance door, and also one 9in. strong barrel bolt. 
 
 All the internal doors are to have 4in. bow latches, with night bolts and brass knob 
 furniture, except the doors leading into the sculleries, which are to be without night 
 bolts. A 6in. dead lock to be provided for the dust-hole door under stairs. 
 
 Provide for the living-rooms four Nicholson’s prize cottage ranges, and for the eight 
 bed rooms, stoves with fire-brick back and cast-iron fronts by the same maker, whose 
 address is Newark-on-Trent. 
 
 Note . — The fixing of the locks, bolts, latches, &c., is included in the Carpenter’s and 
 Joiner’s Work. 
 
 Flumbsr. 
 
 Provide 241bs. of 4lb. lead for seatings to cast iron girder and springers. 
 
 The water-closets are to be fitted up with Bidgway and Co.’s earthen pans ; the 
 water is to be laid on with lfin. iron gas pipe and the supply regulated by Dann’s im- 
 proved valve, with strong iron chain or rod, pull, and handle. These closets are to be con- 
 nected with the junctions cast on the stack or soil-pipes for the purpose, if necessary, with 
 a short length of 4in. lead socket pipe, and made good with red-lead cement. The 
 pans must be firmly fixed to the floors by means of screws bedded head downwards in 
 the cement floors, and the other ends to be provided with nuts to secure the pans. 
 
 The water to be laid on to the cistern with fin. iron gas pipe, and Dann’s improved 
 ball valve. The cistern to be provided with a trumpet-mouthed overflow pipe, with lin. 
 washer and waste. 
 
 The water to be laid on to the sinks with fin. iron gas pipe, with all necessary bends, 
 elbows, and connexions, and each to be provided with a fin. round water-way brass 
 cock. These pipes are to be branched from the lfin. service-pipes to the water-closets. 
 
 * Provide and fix to each sink one of “ Lowe’s” patent brass grates and traps, with 
 2in. lead waste pipe conveyed to a main pipe down one angle of the dust shaft into the 
 drain, unless cast-iron sinks are used, and have Lowe’s traps fitted to them. 
 
 Provide and fix 2 stacks of rain water and soil pipes 4in. clear diameter, with proper 
 junctions for water-closets and heads, &c., complete. 
 
 Glazier. 
 
 Glaze the windows with good 21oz. sheet glass, properly bedded with good putty in 
 the wood frames and iron casements, except those in the staircase to the sculleries and 
 water-closets, which are to be glazed with fin. rough plate glass properly bedded, &c. 
 All the wood and iron work to be thoroughly primed before the glass is put in. Clean 
 and leave in perfect repair the whole of the glass at the completion of the works. 
 
 The upper panel in the entrance doors to be glazed with fin. rough plate glass, 
 bedded and stopped in on both sides with beads. 
 
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 Painter and Stainer. 
 
 Properly prepare and paint three times, in good oil colour, all the cast iron springers, 
 girder, tie-rods, and railings, all piping and other iron work ; the first two coats to be 
 red lead and the other stone colour. The railings and all exposed iron work to have 
 one extra coat of stone colour or such plain colour as may be directed. 
 
 Properly prepare, stop, and stain, in imitation of oak, and once varnish all the in- 
 ternal and external wood work. 
 
 The whole of the work before described or referred to, with everything necessary 
 for completing the Model Houses, according to the full intent and meaning of the plans, 
 although not particularly specified, must be done by the Contractor in a good and 
 workmanlike manner. He is to find all requisite materials and implements, with 
 scaffolding, &c., and to deliver up the building, free from all rubbish, in a complete and 
 perfect condition, and keep it in the same at his own expense for twelve months after 
 its completion, excepting any damage which may be done by the Tenant. 
 
 No extra works are to be charged for, but such as are agreed upon at the time, and 
 an order in writing given to the Contractor. The value of all extra work or omissions, 
 or any other deviation from the specification or drawings, which may be directed by an 
 order in writing, is to be ascertained and determined by some competent architect or 
 surveyor, selected by the Employer, and his decision thereon is to be final and conclusive. 
 
 Statement of tlie Number of Hollow Bricks required in Building the Model Houses 
 
 for Four Families. 
 
 Note. — The No. of Bricks refers to the Drawing, page 14 ; and in the quantities due 
 allowance is made for waste. 
 
 Of No. 1. — External Patent Bonded Hollow Bricks 18,500 
 
 Of which 850 should be cut in or marked for halves, 
 
 850 in three quarters and quarters ; 250 to be mitred 
 at one end for angles to strings, chimney bases, and 
 capping. 
 
 Of No. 2. — Internal Patent Bonded Hollow Bricks 4,870 
 
 Of which 175 should be cut in, or marked for halves, 
 and 150 in three quarters and quarters. 
 
 Of No. 3. — Quoin and External Jamb Bricks, 10^ inches long . . . 2,450 
 
 Ditto ditto 7 \ „ ... 100 
 
 Ditto ditto 4f „ ... 400 
 
 Of No. 4. — Internal Jamb and Angle Bricks, Square, 9 inches long . 1,500 
 
 Ditto ditto both angles canted „ „ . 430 
 
 Ditto ditto one angle „ „ „ . 670 
 
 Ditto ditto ditto „ 5f ,, „ . 480 
 
 Of No. 5. — 4f inch Partition and Arch Bricks, 1 If inches long . . 3,100 
 
 Of which 100 should be cut in or marked for halves, 
 and 50 in thirds. . 
 
 Of No. 6. — 5f inch Partition and Arch Bricks, Ilf inches long . . 5,800 
 
 Of which 200 should be cut in or marked for halves, 
 and 100 in thirds. 
 
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 icgttmatc 
 
 Of the several Works required to he done in Building Model Houses 
 fok Four Families, according to the Plans and Constructive 
 Detail of those erected by H.R.H. Prince Albert, in Hyde Park. 
 
 Yds. 
 
 22 
 
 Rods. 
 
 1 
 
 Yds. 
 
 377 
 
 5 
 
 80 
 
 29 
 
 114 
 
 140 
 
 56 
 
 111 
 
 95 
 
 Excavator and Bricklayer. 
 
 ft. in. 
 
 0 0 Cube excavation and levelling 
 
 *Cube concrete of good clean gravel and gray stone lime, 
 well mixed together, in the proportion of 8 parts of the 
 former to 1 of the latter, if necessary, about 35 yards 
 12 0 *Run 4in. glazed earthen drain pipes, with bends and 
 junctions, and including digging and laying the same 
 with socket joints, well bedded in cement, (required 
 
 length to be ascertained) 
 
 20 0 *Run 6in. ditto ditto ditto ditto 
 
 # No. 1. Cesspool 8ft. deep from the overflow, and 5ft. 
 clear diameter formed with 6in. hollow bricks on edge 
 or in two half brick rims, the outer one set in mortar, 
 the inner one with the bottom of brick flat and two 
 courses plain tiles in cement. The whole to be rendered 
 with cement, and doomed over with manhole in centre, 
 covered with a strong stone. A 6in. glazed overflow 
 drain with proper syphon trap to be formed and 
 carried to some convenient escape, (this will not be 
 required if there be good drainage.) 
 
 ft. in. 
 
 73 0 Superficial reduced common stock brickwork in founda- 
 tions, the first or lower course to be 18in. wide, the 
 next or second course to be 14in. wide, with two 
 courses fair work on same, and including 4 feet extra 
 depth for dust bin under stairs 
 
 ft. in. 
 
 @ £ s. d. 
 
 6<7. ... 0 11 0 
 
 8(7. ...0 8 0 
 10d. ... 0 16 8 
 
 £8 15s. ... 11 2 6 
 
 4 0 Superficial 9in. reduced hollow brick external walling, in 
 mortar, with neat flat drawn joint, worked fair for 
 colour inside, and including all strings and sailing 
 courses, as shown on the elevations and sections, which 
 
 are to be set in cement 3s. 4(7. ... 62 18 4 
 
 0 0 Ditto ditto set in cement 5s. ... 1 5 0 
 
 0 0 Superficial ditto ditto, internal walling, worked fair 
 for colour or limewhite, and including sailing courses 
 
 as before 3s. 4c7. ... 13 6 8 
 
 2 0 Superficial 6in. hollow-brick partitions in mortar, 
 
 worked fair for colour, sailing courses as before 2s. 6c7. ... 3 13 1 
 
 4 6 Superficial 4in. ditto ditto in cement, ditto for 
 
 colour, but without sailing courses 2s. ... 11 9 0 
 
 6 0 Superficial 6in. ditto ditto, floor and roof arches turned 
 
 in Roman cement, and including centering, &c 3s. 10(7. ... 26 19 2 
 
 0 0 Superficial 4in. ditto ditto ditto, and including ditto 
 
 over small bed rooms, lobbies, and water closets ... 2s. 8(7. ... 7 9 4 
 
 0 0 Superficial concrete, average 6in. thick, laid to a fall and 
 
 floated to receive metallic lava on roof arches Is. 2(7. ... 6 9 6 
 
 0 0 Superficial ditto ditto 4-in. thick, and properly 
 levelled on arches to receive Portland cement, lava, 
 or tile floors 9|(7. ... 3 15 2 
 
 Carried forward ... 
 
 150 3 5 
 
25 
 
 
 
 
 
 @ 
 
 £ 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 
 
 Brought forward 
 
 150 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 Yards, ft. 
 
 in. 
 
 
 
 
 
 118 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Superficial metallic lava laid on roof, and including 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 skirting about 6in. high 
 
 3s. 9 d. 
 
 ... 22 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 0 
 
 Superficial gravel lava and concrete 6in. thick at foot of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 staircase between lobby doors 
 
 4s. 6d. 
 
 ... 1 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Superficial brick flat paving, grouted with cement, to 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 dust bin, on concrete 3 inches thick 
 
 2s. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 4 
 
 0 
 
 190 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Superficial cleaning off and preparing soffit of floor and 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 roof arches for limewhite 
 
 4 d. 
 
 ... 3 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 
 112 
 
 4 
 
 Superficial cut and tuckpointed window and door arches, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 and including the large arch over staircase opening ... 
 
 2 \d. 
 
 ... 1 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 
 98 
 
 0 
 
 Superficial extra only for cement (instead of mortar) to 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ^ brick arches over windows, doors, and archway to 
 staircase 
 
 1 Id. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 14 
 
 3| 
 
 
 16 
 
 0 
 
 Run labour to circular cutting 9in. wall to back of arch 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 over stairs 
 
 3 d. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 4 
 
 0 
 
 
 23 
 
 0 
 
 Run ditto ditto ditto 9in. wall to ramps for coping... 
 
 3 d. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 5 
 
 9 
 
 
 429 
 
 0 
 
 Run extra only for cement and two rows hoop iron bond 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 round building, three courses high at floor and roof 
 levels, including cross walls 
 
 1 \d. 
 
 ... 2 
 
 13 
 
 7i 
 
 * a 
 
 
 215 
 
 0 
 
 Run ditto ditto ditto two courses high, to foundation, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 as specified 
 
 Id. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 17 11 
 
 
 153 
 
 0 
 
 Run l^in. T iron, in No. 33 pieces, passed through 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 hollow of bricks, and grouted solid with cement, to 
 form lintels over internal doorways 
 
 4 d. 
 
 ... 2 
 
 11 
 
 0 
 
 No. 3. Chimney shafts, each 6ft. 8in. high, with 4 flues, 
 containing about 67ft. superficial of reduced (or 14in.) 
 work in mortar, including bases and caps, either 
 moulded or cut, and set in cement. The whole 
 
 finished with neat flat drawn joints £4 ... 12 0 0 
 
 No. 50. Labour cutting skewbacks and mitres to window 
 
 and door arches 2d. ... 0 8 4 
 
 No. 4. Chimney pieces formed with hollow bricks, 
 having chamfered angles, jambs 9in. wide and 4|in. 
 projection; mantle, 4£in. deep and 4|in. projection, 
 with lyin. T iron passed through hollow of bricks, and 
 grouted solid with cement. The shelf to be of l|in. 
 rubbed and rounded slate, 7in. wide in the clear, with 
 
 rounded corners, the whole fixed, complete, and painted 8s. ... 1 12 0 
 
 No. 24. Door and window frames bedded and pointed in 
 
 hair mortar Is. ... 1 4 0 
 
 Coring to No. 12 flues and dust-shaft provided for by 
 measuring work solid. 
 
 No. 26. Labour only to fixing air bricks and forming 
 
 flues, 
 
 average length, 2 feet 
 
 4 d. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 No. 48. 
 
 Ditto ditto ditto internal ventilators 
 
 4 d. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 16 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. 
 
 Ditto ditto ditto dust-doors under sinks ... 
 
 Is. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 4 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. 
 
 Ditto, and materials to do., ranges in living rooms 
 
 12s. 6d. 
 
 ... 2 
 
 10 
 
 0 
 
 No. 8. 
 
 Ditto ditto stoves to bed rooms 
 
 5s. 
 
 ... 2 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 
 
 
 £206 
 
 11 
 
 9 
 
 IMCason. 
 
 No. 2. 4in. tooled York templates, 1ft. 6in. by 1ft. 6in., with one comer 
 
 splayed off and bedded in cement, for iron girder to landing of stairs 3s. 7 ^d. 
 
 No. 8. 4in. ditto ditto 1ft. 3in. by 1ft. 3in., for cast iron springers, 
 with splay edges, to work in with the hollow bricks, and bedded in 
 cement 3s. 6d. 
 
 Carried forward 
 
 0 7 3 
 
 18 0 
 1 15 3 
 
26 
 
 
 @ 
 
 £ 
 
 S. 
 
 (7. 
 
 Brought forward 
 
 
 1 
 
 15 
 
 3 
 
 No. 8. 4in. ditto ditto lft. 6in. by lft. 3in., splayed and bedded 
 
 in cement under ends of short cast-iron springers 
 
 +No. 6. 3in. tooled York springers for arches, 16ft. long 14in. wide, 
 
 4 s. 
 
 ... 1 
 
 12 
 
 0 
 
 with both edges splayed, bedded in cement, properly cramped at 
 heading joints, and No. 4 cross grooves in each, to receive tie rods... 
 
 16s. 
 
 ... 4 
 
 16 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. 3in. ditto ditto ditto 7ft. 4in. long, 8^ in. wide, for lobby 
 
 
 
 
 
 and water-closet floor and roof arches, and bedded in cement in 
 wall next staircase 
 
 4s. 6(7. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 18 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. Ditto ditto 8ft. long, over small bed rooms 
 
 No. 3. Portland cement, Caen or Bath stone moulded pinnacles, and 
 
 6s. 
 
 ... 1 
 
 4 
 
 0 
 
 fixing same in cement 
 
 JNo. 4. Tooled York window sills, llin. by 4in., sunk, weathered. 
 
 12s. 6 d. 
 
 ... 1 
 
 17 
 
 6 
 
 throated, and grooved on top for lead tongue in oak sill, 5ft. long . . . 
 
 10s. 
 
 2 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 No. 2. Ditto ditto ditto 3ft. 6in. long 
 
 7s. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 14 
 
 0 
 
 No. 5. Ditto ditto ditto 2ft. 9in. long 
 
 5s. 6<7. 
 
 ... 1 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 No. 4. Ditto ditto ditto lft. 9in. long 
 
 No. 4. 2fin. tooled York back hearths to living rooms, 3ft. 2in. by 
 
 3s. 6(7. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 14 
 
 0 
 
 lft. 2in 
 
 2s. 6(7. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 10 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. 2|in. ditto ditto for bed rooms, lft. 2in. by lft. 2in 
 
 11(7. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 No. 4. 2|in. ditto ditto ditto, 9in. by 9in 
 
 6(7. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 2 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. 2in. rubbed York slab to the living rooms, 4ft. 8in. by lft. Gin. 
 
 7s. 
 
 ... 1 
 
 8 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. Ditto ditto bed rooms, 2ft. 8in. by lft. 6in 
 
 4ss. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 16 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. Ditto ditto ditto lft. llin. by lft. 6in 
 
 3s. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 12 
 
 0 
 
 Note — These 2in. slabs may be dispensed with if Portland 
 
 
 
 
 
 cement floors are used. 
 
 
 
 
 
 No. 2. Iron scrapers and stones, letting in and running with lead, and 
 
 
 
 
 
 fixing same 
 
 6s. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 10 
 
 0 
 
 
 
 £20 
 
 19 
 
 11 
 
 Wo. 4. lin. rubbed slate sinks, 2ft. 4in. by lft. 4in, 6in. deep at back 
 and 3|in. deep at front, inside dimensions, with soap shelf at one 
 corner, Lowes’ 4in. brass grate and trap and letting in ; including 
 two ends of fin. finished rubbed slate, 2ft. 2in. by lft. 6in.; with 
 inch front to coal-bin underneath, about 3ft. 7in. long and 10in. high, 
 fixed at ends with screws and nutts; also two fin. tops, fixed to 
 drip into sinks, one lft. 6in. by lft. 3in., the other lft. 9in. by lft. 6in., 
 with rounded edges and corners ; a fin. shelf to be fixed under the 
 smaller top of each sink, to form a box at end next scullery door. 
 
 The whole to be properly grooved and screwed together, jointed 
 
 with oil cement, and fixed complete £3 
 
 No. 1. Cistern of lfin. slate, to contain not less than 250 gallons, with 
 all necessary holes cut for supply, service, and waste, and fixing 
 
 same on roof on hollow brick piers 8in. high £5 10s 
 
 No. 1. 11 in. rubbed slate landing, lift. 6in. by 4ft., including all sawn 
 edges, notches, sunk channel for water, 2in. by fin., bedded on 
 walls and cast iron girder complete; and including the staircase of 
 lfin. rubbed slate treads and risers, with winders top and bottom. 
 
 The risers grooved into treads top and bottom, including rounded 
 nosings, pinnings, &c. complete, 2ft. lOin. wide, and 22ft. 3in. girt 
 down the centre 
 
 Carried forward 27 10 0 
 
 12 0 0 
 
 5 10 0 
 
 10 0 0 
 
 f Common stocks or hollow bricks, set in cement, may be used for these springers, at 
 a cost of 6c7. per foot, run — see Specification. 
 
 J See Specification respecting brick sills, the cost of which will be 6(7. per foot run. 
 
27 
 
 @ £ s. d. 
 
 Brought forward 27 10 0 
 
 No. 4. 1 ^in. rubbed and rounded slate steps and risers to doorways, 
 notched and morticed at each end for door frames, 3ft. 4in. long and 
 
 12in. wide, riser 4f in. wide 5s. ... 1 0 0 
 
 Note — Slate shelves for safes included in carpenter’s work. 
 
 £28 10 0 
 
 Plasterer. 
 
 Yds. ft. in. 
 
 691f 0 0 Superficial — Twice colour or lime-wliite to ceilings and 
 
 
 
 
 walls 
 
 Id. . 
 
 .. 2 17 
 
 7i 
 
 * a 
 
 *95 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Superficial Portland cement flooring, to first floor only . . . 
 
 2s. 3 d. . 
 
 .. 10 13 
 
 9 
 
 *95 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Superficial hollow brick flooring to ground floor, as 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 specified, on a bed of concrete, 4in. thick 
 
 3s. 4 d. . 
 
 .. 15 16 
 
 8 
 
 # 
 
 109 
 
 9 
 
 Run Portland cement coping, weathered, throated, and 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 including all angles, stoppings, &c., and core to ditto of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 two courses of plain tiles in cement, size 12|in. wide 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 and 3in. thick. Hollow jamb bricks. No. 3, may be 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 used if preferred 
 
 Is. 2d. . 
 
 ..6 8 
 
 
 
 26 
 
 0 
 
 Run ditto circular ditto ditto to ramps 
 
 2s. . 
 
 .. 2 12 
 
 0 
 
 
 314 
 
 0 
 
 Run ditto, weathering to all external sailing courses and 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 strings, 3in. wide 
 
 \d. . 
 
 .. 0 13 
 
 1 
 
 £39 1 2 
 
 Carpenter and Joiner. 
 
 No. 24. Turning pieces for window and door arches 9 d. 
 
 No. 1. Centre 10ft. 6in. span, 13in. soffit, for arch over staircase 
 
 For floor and roof arch centering, see Bricklayer’s work. 
 
 No. 1. Inch proper ledged door, hung with 3in. butts to fir wrought and 
 rebated frame, 4^in. by 3in., to dust place under stairs, 5ft. by 2ft. 
 
 5in. outside of frame 15s. 
 
 No. 4. l|in. square framed doors, 6ft. 9in. by 2ft. 7|in., filled in with 
 fin. tongued and beaded boards, with panel at top for and including 
 fin. rough plate glass, 1ft. llin. by 8in. stopped in on both sides 
 with beads, hung with 3|in. butts to fir wrought, rebated, and 
 chamfered frames 4^in. by 3in.; fin. wrought and chamfered fillet 
 
 or stop, mitred and nailed round inside, 2^in. wide 27 s. 
 
 No. 4. Ditto four panel square framed doors hung, with 3in. butts to 
 l|in. wrought, rebated, chamfered, and staff beaded linings, 3|in. wide, 
 staff beads to be mitred and nailed round on one side; opening of 
 brickwork, 6ft. 8in. by 2ft. 3in. for w r ater-closets 19s. 
 
 No. 8. Ditto four panel square framed doors, hung with 3in. butts 
 to l j-in. linings as before; opening of brickwork, 6ft. Sin. by 2ft. 5in. 
 to children’s bed rooms 20s. 
 
 No. 4. Ditto ditto ditto 6ft. Sin. by 2ft. Sin, to parents’ bed rooms 22s. 
 
 No. 8. Ditto ditto ditto hung to l|in. linings, as before, 6|in. wide, 
 
 ditto, 6ft. 8in. by 2ft. 8in. to living rooms 24s. 
 
 No. 4. Ditto deal cupboard fronts to living rooms, with doors hung 
 in two heights, including 3in. butts, locks, turnbuckles, &c. Mitred 
 staff bead and No. 4. lin. wrought shelves and bearers, 6ft. 8in. by 
 3ft. and 1ft. 2in. deep, fixed complete 30s. 
 
 No. 4. Ditto ditto ditto in parents’ bed room, with doors hung in 
 
 one height, to correspond with room doors, including hinges, &c. 
 
 &c., as before, lfin. rounded top; a fin. double chamfered hook-rail, 
 with No. 4 iron hat and cloak pins fixed therein, 6ft. Sin. by 3ft. 9in. 
 and lOin. deep 24s. 
 
 0 18 0 
 0 3 8 
 
 ... 0 15 0 
 
 5 8 0 
 
 3 16 0 
 
 8 0 0 
 
 4 8 0 
 
 9 12 0 
 
 6 0 0 
 
 4 16 0 
 
 Carried forward 
 
 43 16 8 
 
28 
 
 Brought forward 
 
 No. 4. Three light window frames for living rooms, opening of brick- 
 work, 4ft. 6in. by 4ft. 6in., with fir solid, rebated, and chamfered frame 
 and mullions, with oak sunk, weathered, and throated sills, lfin. 
 window board, and lfin. staff bead, mitred round inside, prepared for 
 glazing, in frame in two heights with fin.T iron cross bar in centre. 
 The centre compartment to have a wrought iron casement, hung with 
 hinges, and with proper strong stay bar fastenings, and including all 
 
 labour, &c., in fixing same complete 
 
 No. 4. Three light ditto ditto to childrens’ bed rooms, same size, 
 with frame, &c., as before, but the window board to be fixed in two 
 lengths to the outer compartments, with lfin. staff bead mitred round 
 each, the centre compartment to be stopped in with fin. rubbed 
 slate, bedded in putty, and screwed to frame ; wrought iron casements 
 
 hung to the outer compartments, with fastening, &c 
 
 No. 4. Two light ditto ditto, opening of brickwork, 4ft. 6in. by 3ft., 
 with fir frame and T iron cross bars, as before, and with wrought 
 iron casements, hung in one compartment with proper stay bar, 
 
 fastenings, &c., complete with window board, staff beads, &c 
 
 No. 4. Two light window frames to sculleries, opening of brickwork, 
 3ft. 2in. by 2ft. 3in., with fir frame and mullions, as before, with 
 fin. T iron bar, as last. The top square on one side to have an 
 iron casement hung to the T iron cross bar, to open downwards, 
 
 with proper rack and knob fastening, complete 
 
 No. 4. One light ditto ditto to water closets, opening of brickwork, 
 3ft. 2in. by 1ft. 2in., with fir frame, as last, and glazed, the upper 
 
 square to open, as in scullery 
 
 No. 4. Deal plate racks, 3ft. high, lft. 6in. wide, and 8in. deep, framed 
 
 in three heights with fin. top, fixed complete in sculleries 
 
 No. 4. Safes in sculleries, 5ft. 3in. high 2ft. 3in. wide, formed with 
 one fin. wrought end, 14in. wide, and lfin. square framed front and 
 doors, hung with Sin. butts, knob, turnbuckle, &c., and No. 3. fin. 
 rubbed slate shelves (including bottom) to each, all fixed complete... 
 No. 4. If in. wrought and frame clamped table tops, 4ft. 6in. by 2ft. 6in. 
 hung with 3§in. butts to the window board (4in. wide), including 
 two framed angle brackets hung to proper frame or lin. grounds ; 
 one 4in. brass neck bolt to each, and the corners of top rounded, all 
 
 fixed complete 
 
 No. 4. lin. deal wrought shelves, 9in. wide and 9ft. 5in. long, in two 
 lengths on one side and end of sculleries, with fin. chamfered hook 
 rail, 3fin. wide, fixed underneath, and including No. 1 wrought iron 
 
 bracket to each, fixed complete 
 
 No. 8. lin. Ditto ditto ditto, 5ft. long and 2ft. bin. run, fin. cham- 
 fered all round hook rail, 3|in. wide, with 2 iron hat and cloak pins 
 
 screwed on, in childrens’ bed rooms 
 
 No. 4. lin. Ditto ditto ditto, 9ft. 6in. long and 5ft. hook rail, as 
 before, and No. 1 iron bracket and 3 iron hat and cloak pins to each, 
 
 in parents’ bed rooms 
 
 No. 4. fin. chamfered all round hook rails, 3fin. wide 4ft. 6in. long, 
 and No. 4 ditto ditto 3ft. long, fixed on the entrance-door side 
 
 of living rooms 
 
 No. 4. fin. ditto ditto ditto, 3ft. Gin. long, fixed in lobbies, with 
 
 N o. 3 iron hat and cloak pins screwed on to each 
 
 No. 24. Bow latches, fixing on internal doors 
 
 No. 4. 9in. barrel bolts, ditto on external doors 
 
 @ 
 
 26s. 8 d. 
 
 36s. 6 d. 
 
 20s. 
 
 14s. 8cZ. 
 
 11s. 8 d. 
 6s. 6c£. 
 
 18s. 
 
 13s. 6d. 
 
 6s. 3d. 
 
 2s. 3 \d. 
 
 5s. 2 d. 
 
 2s. 
 
 2s. 
 6d. 
 4 d. 
 
 £ s. d. 
 43 16 8 
 
 5 6 8 
 
 ...7 6 0 
 
 4 0 0 
 
 2 18 8 
 
 2 6 8 
 16 0 
 
 ... 3 12 0 
 
 ... 2 14 0 
 
 1 0 
 
 0 18 4 
 
 10 8 
 
 0 8 0 
 
 0 8 0 
 0 12 0 
 0 14 
 
 78 0 0 
 
 Carried forward 
 
29 
 
 Brought forward 
 
 No. 4. 9in. rim locks, ditto ditto ditto 
 
 No. 1. 6in. dead ditto, ditto dust ditto 
 
 No. 4. Pairs ornamental hinge straps screwed on external doors with 
 
 three screws each 
 
 No. 4. Escutcheons ditto ditto 
 
 @ 
 
 Is. 
 9 d. 
 
 4 d. 
 2d. 
 
 £ s. d. 
 78 0 0 
 0 4 0 
 0 0 9 
 
 0 14 
 
 £78 6 9 
 
 Note. — All Ironmongery not specially described, such as hinges, 
 screws, nails, &c., must be provided and fixed by the Con- 
 tractor. 
 
 Cwt. qrs. lbs. 
 
 3 10 
 
 Smith and Founder. 
 
 In No. 1. Cast iron girder, 12ft. long 7|in. deep, with 3in. 
 flange inside at bottom, to receive slate landing, top 
 flange 2in. wide l|in. thick, projecting |in. on either 
 
 side, with sunk holes for railing 
 
 
 ... 1 
 
 12 
 
 0 
 
 3 2 0 In No.l. Ditto ditto railing, lift. Gin. long and 3ft. 3in. high 
 
 10s. 
 
 ... 1 
 
 15 
 
 0 
 
 2 0 10 In No. 1. Cast iron railing, 7ft. 6in. long ditto ditto 
 
 10s. 
 
 ... 1 
 
 0 
 
 10 
 
 No. 4. Ditto ditto springers, including one 6in. coupling 
 to each for floor and roof arches, built in external walls, 
 
 &c., as per drawing, each 5cwt. 3qrs. 131bs 
 
 52s. 
 
 ... 10 
 
 8 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. Ditto ditto ditto, 8ft. long, over small bed 
 
 rooms, each lewt. 3qrs. 131bs 
 
 17s. 
 
 ... 3 
 
 8 
 
 0 
 
 3 3 17 324ft. run fin. wrought iron tension rods with heads, 
 
 couplings, and nutts, complete 
 
 28s. 
 
 ... 6 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 No. 1. Wrought iron suspension bar, l|in. by £in. to ' 
 support upper winders of stairs, 19in. long, turned at 
 
 
 
 
 
 each end 
 
 ■ 
 
 ... 0 
 
 2 
 
 0 
 
 No. 1. Ditto ditto, 12in. long, ditto 
 
 No. 1. Ditto ditto, 9in. long, ditto 
 
 No. 24. Iron casements, and No. 16 cross bars for windows, 
 are included in joiner’s work. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 £23 15 
 
 2 
 
 Furnishing' Ironmonger.! 
 
 No. 26. Cast iron air bricks 
 
 9 d. 
 
 ... 0 19 
 
 6 
 
 No. 16. Ditto internal ventilating valves, 12in. long 
 
 3s. 
 
 ... 2 
 
 8 
 
 0 
 
 No. 16. Ditto ditto ditto, 7in. long 
 
 2s. 3d. 
 
 ... 1 
 
 16 
 
 0 
 
 No 12. Cornice ditto ... 
 
 2s. 6 d. 
 
 ... 1 
 
 10 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. Box ventilators with dampers for safes 
 
 2s. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 8 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. Cast iron dust doors, lOin. by 8^in 
 
 7s. 6d. 
 
 ... 1 
 
 10 
 
 0 
 
 No. 24. 4in. bow latches, with brass furnitures 
 
 Is. 
 
 ... 1 
 
 4 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. 9in. iron rim locks, with ditto and large knob 
 
 5 s. 
 
 ... 1 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. 9in. barrel bolts 
 
 9 d. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 3 
 
 0 
 
 No. 1. 6in. dead lock 
 
 2s. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 2 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. Pairs ornamental hinge straps 
 
 2s. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 8 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. Escutcheons to key -holes 
 
 3d. 
 
 ... 0 
 
 1 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. Nicholson’s ranges, with oven and boiler fitted with brass tap 
 
 47s. 6rf. 
 
 ... 9 
 
 10 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. Bed room stoves for 12in. openings 
 
 17 s. 
 
 ... 3 
 
 8 
 
 0 
 
 No. 4. Ditto ditto for 17in. ditto 
 
 20s. 
 
 ... 4 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 No. 2. Scrapers included in mason’s work. 
 
 
 
 £28 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 t This Ironmongery may be supplied according to agreement. 
 
30 
 
 lbs. 
 
 24 
 
 Ft. in. 
 
 39 0 
 
 28 0 
 30 0 
 
 154 8 
 32 8 
 
 Yards, ft. in. 
 
 140 0 
 324 0 
 19 0 
 
 208 0 0 
 
 Plumber. 
 
 @ 
 
 4lb. milled lead seatings to iron girder and springers ... 3|(7. 
 
 Run 4in. clear bore cast iron stack pipe, with heads, 
 and junctions for four closets, including all straps, 
 tacks, &c., fixed complete and made good to drains ... Is. 6(7. 
 
 Run 2in. lead waste pipe, and fixing to sinks, including 
 six joints and all labour 2s. 
 
 Run fin. iron gas pipe for service to sinks, including 
 bends, elbows, couplings, &c., fixed complete 9 d. 
 
 No. 4. fin. brass bib cocks, with round water ways to 
 sinks, fixed complete 5s. 
 
 No. 1. fin. Dann’s patent ball valve, and including 30ft. 
 run fin. iron gas pipe for laying on the water to the 
 cistern on roof, with bends, &c. complete 33s. 
 
 No. 1. Inch washer and waste, and including about 20in. 
 of lead pipe waste, with trumpet mouth, fixed in cistern, 
 complete 9s. 
 
 No. 4. Sets of Dann’s water closet apparatus complete, 
 with all necessary piping, &c., and including Ridgway 
 & Co.’s earthen pans fixed 40s. 
 
 £ s. d. 
 ..070 
 
 .. 2 18 6 
 .. 2 16 0 
 ..126 
 ..100 
 
 .. 1 13 0 
 
 ..090 
 
 ..800 
 £18 6 0 
 
 Glazier. 
 
 Superficial good 21oz. sheet glass properly bedded, and 
 
 stopped in with putty 6(7. 
 
 Ditto ditto fin. rough plate, ditto ditto ditto ... Is. 
 
 .. 3 17 4 
 .. 1 12 8 
 
 £5 10 0 
 
 Painter and Stainer. 
 
 Run three oils red lead to cast iron girders and springers. 
 
 Run ditto ditto ditto to fin. tension rods 
 
 Run ditto ditto ditto iron railing, 3ft. 3in. high ... 
 
 No. 4. Dust doors, three oils, and finished stone colour. 
 
 No. 26. Air bricks, ditto ditto ditto 
 
 No. 48. Ventilators, ditto ditto ditto 
 
 No. 2. Scrapers, ditto ditto ditto 
 
 No. 4. Plate racks, ditto ditto ditto ) 
 
 Superficial! Wood Staining as oak, and once varnish.... 6 d. 
 No. 8. Three light window frames, 4ft. lOin. by 4ft. 8in., 
 both sides, and including the window board and staff 
 
 beads • Is. 6(7. 
 
 No. 4. Two light ditto ditto, 4ft. 8in. by 3ft. 4in. ditto 
 ditto ditto Is. 4(7. 
 
 No. 4. Two light ditto ditto, 3ft. 4in. by 2ft. 7in. ditto 
 ditto ditto Is. 3(7. 
 
 No. 4. One light ditto ditto, 3ft. 4in. by 1ft. 7in. ditto 
 ditto ditto Is. 
 
 . 2 16 0 
 
 .540 
 
 0 12 0 
 0 5 4 
 0 5 0 
 
 0 4 0 
 £9 6 4 
 
 f If Oil Stain be used, the cost will be £3 9s. 1(7. 
 
31 
 
 SUMMARY OF THE FOREGOING WORKS. 
 
 
 £ 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 Excavator and Bricklayer 
 
 206 
 
 11 
 
 9 
 
 Mason 
 
 20 
 
 19 
 
 11 
 
 Slater 
 
 28 
 
 10 
 
 0 
 
 Plasterer 
 
 39 
 
 I 
 
 2 
 
 Carpenter and Joiner ... 
 
 78 
 
 6 
 
 9 
 
 Smith and Founder 
 
 23 
 
 15 
 
 2 
 
 Furnishing Ironmonger 
 
 28 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 Plumber 
 
 18 
 
 6 
 
 0 
 
 Glazier 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 0 
 
 Painter and Stainer 
 
 9 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 £458 14 7 
 
 Reductions which may he made in the above amounts by the followiny 
 alterations, as described or referred to in the Specification. 
 
 If the bed rooms are divided according to the supplementary plan at 
 page 11, one iron springer over the recess in each of the centre bed 
 
 rooms being dispensed with £5 1 6 
 
 If the springers for floor arches are partially brick in cement in lieu 
 
 of stone to the central walls 2 8 0 
 
 Omitting 2in. York slabs to fire-places where Portland cement is used 2 2 3 
 
 Hollow-brick window sills in lieu of tooled York 3 11 7 
 
 If cast iron enamelled sinks and other scullery fittings connected 
 
 therewith are substituted for slate, as specified 4 0 0 
 
 If lime and ash floors, as described at p. 18, be substituted for Port- 
 land cement on the upper story, allowing full 2 in. thickness over 
 the crown of the arch, and 3 in. over the spandrils, levelled with 
 
 concrete as provided, deduct Is. per yard 4 15 0 
 
 If ditto ditto be substituted for tile or hollow brick on ground floor, 
 deducting concrete, and allowing Is. 6d. per yard for the lime and 
 
 ash floor, with the substratum 814 2 
 
 Jamb bricks used for coping in lieu of Portland cement 4 0 0 
 
 If oil stain be used in lieu of stain and varnish 1 14 10 
 
 £ 36 7 4 
 
 £422 7 3 
 
32 
 
 In the preceding estimate, the hollow brickwork is calculated on the supposition that 
 the cost of the patent bonded hollow bricks in the field is 32 s. per thousand, or 42s- 
 on the ground, which latter is equivalent to ordinary-sized bricks at 23s. 7 d.; the labour, 
 mortar, and scaffolding are taken at the usual average price in London, without deduc- 
 tion for the saving which will be effected both in labour and mortar by the increased 
 size of the bricks, causing a diminution of one-third the superficial jointing. 
 
 The unglazed patent hollow bricks used in building the Model Houses were chiefly 
 made by Clayton’s patent brick and tile machines, to which the prize of the iloyal 
 Agricultural Society of England was awarded in 1850. The process of manufacture 
 may be seen at the Atlas Works, No. 21, Upper Park-place, Dorset-square, where 
 detailed particulars may be obtained; also of Mr. John Whitehead, Prize brick and 
 tile machine maker, Preston. Written communications may be addressed to the 
 Patentee, at the Office of the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring 
 Classes, 21, Exeter Hall, or at his residence, 10, Connaught-square, Hyde-park. 
 
 The patent bonded facing bricks, and those used in the floors and roof, were made 
 at Aylesford, near Maidstone; the patent bonded internal red bricks at the Kuxley works, 
 near Esher; and some of the partition bricks at Mr. Cubitt’s works, Pimlico. 
 
 The white and yellow glazed bricks were made by Mr. Ridgeway, Cauldon-place, 
 The Potteries, Staffordshire, who also supplied specimens of earthenware pipes, sinks, 
 wash-hand basins, and the water-closet pans, which require no wood fittings. 
 
 The paving tiles used on the ground floor were from Mr. Peak, Tunstall, Stafford- 
 shire, or Macclesfield, South City Poad Basin ; and from Messrs. H. & 11. Haywood, 
 Burslem, Staffordshire, and No. 15, South Wharf, Paddington. 
 
 The price of the metallic lava covering to the roof is that at which Messrs. Orsi and 
 Armani, 6, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, are willing to execute similar work 
 for model lodging-houses. 
 
 The Portland cement-floors are calculated at the prices furnished by Messrs. J. B. 
 White and Sons, 17, Millbank-street, Westminster, who also supply French plaster. 
 
 The price given for the slate staircase and landing, and for the scullery fittings, also 
 in slate, is that at which Mr. Wm. North, New Palace-road, Lambeth, engages to 
 supply and fix them in London. 
 
 The traps used in the sinks, &e., are those of Lowe and Co., Salford. Agents, 
 Messrs. Kennard and Co., 67, Upper Thames-street, who will supply the sinks and 
 shelves for the sculleries in cast-iron galvanized. 
 
 Mr. Samuel Hood, 81, Upper Thames-street, will supply the sinks and shelves, 
 in cast-iron, with the inner part of the sink enamelled, at 40s. per set. 
 
 Mr. J. Arnold, of 109, J ermyn-street, w ill execute staining and once varnishing at 
 6<7. per yard, or preparing and staining in oil at 4c7. per yard. 
 
 The ventilators and furnishing ironmongery, including window -lights, casements, and 
 bars, are supplied by Hart and Son, 53, Wych-street, Strand, at the schedule prices. 
 
 Marshall, 49, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, supplies 21 oz. glass, as well as rough plate, 
 at the price calculated in the estimate. 
 
 The bell-pull apparatus described for the water-closets is supplied by J. W. Dann, 
 44, Cromer-street, Gray’s-inn-road. 
 
 The stoves specified are supplied by W. Nicholson, of Newark-on-Trent. Stoves 
 from Mr. Leslie, of Conduit-street, and Pierce, of Jermyn-street, are exhibited in some 
 of the rooms, as well as the “ Cottager’s stove,” manufactured by Bailey, 272, High 
 Holborn. 
 
 A superior fire-clay oven, made at the Bovey Tracey Pottery, Devon, and exhibited 
 in the Model House, is charged at 10s., exclusive of carriage. 
 
 Savill & Edwards, Printers, Chandos-street, Covent Garden. 
 
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