HINTS TO YOUNG ARCHITECTS. 



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Statutes of the architect, builder, and own- 

 er. Upon their completeness, in the hands 

 of faithful artisans, depends in a great de- 

 gree, the whole good understanding and 

 perfection of the edifice. When we men- 

 tion first, that scarcely in any two buildings 

 are the specifications precisely the same ; 

 and second, that nine out of ten of our pro- 

 fessional architects are destitute of any 

 regular formulas by which their specifica- 

 tions can be brought with certainty to a 

 state of the greatest possible completeness, 

 the practical value of this portion of the 

 work before us, must be evident at once. 



These specifications are given much in 

 detail, and are pretty thoroughly illustrated 

 by cuts, conveying a definite idea of the 

 parts themselves. We extract a couple of 

 pages relating to carpentry and mason work, 

 to show the value of the work : 



The gables of to be capped with a (plain) 



(moulded) coping of stone of the sectional 



mm 



See Note p. 96. 



form and scantling shown by detailed drawings, in 

 lengths of not less than ' ", (back-notched for hori- 

 zontal beddings,) and with springing stones and 

 apex-saddle stones cut of the solid, as also shown 



(The spring- 

 ing stones to be 

 supported by 

 cut flush cor- 

 bels, of the 

 face and pro- 

 file shown by 

 drawings j) 

 or 



(The spring- 

 ing stones to 

 have a return 

 face, supported 

 by corbels of 

 the face & pro- 

 file shown by J 



drawings) (the ~ 



said corbels to cornice 

 he ol' stone, serv- 

 ing to stop the 

 eaves cornice or 

 gutter.) 



Portico. 



The plinth under 



the columns of the 



portico to be formed 



of top and side casing 



of stone, of 



the sectional form 



and scantling, and 



vertical jointings,' 



shown in drawings, 



properly bedded on 



the (brick, or rubble) basement and core. The 



sub-plinth bonded into the said core, having its 



bonding stones under the axes of columns. (Page 



95.) ^ 



Frame and fix an 1\ inch bead flush and square 

 trap door, in proper rebated frame, for ascent into 

 the roof where shown on plans, with hinges and 

 fastenings. 



Inch 



white pine 



Memel deal 

 gutter cornice to be 

 fixed to the eaves of 

 the roof, hav- 

 ing both a fixed and a 

 falling bottom, with 

 moulding on the 

 front, as drawing, 

 and of the dimensions there figured. 



Or, 



(same as 



before; adding) the 

 same to project from 

 the face of wall as 

 shown, and to have 

 a boarded sofllit of 

 inch deal, ploughed 

 and tongued joints. 



Or, 



(same as 



Nos. 247 and 248; ad- 

 ding) also deal canti- 

 levers, cut, moulded, 

 and framed at inter- 

 vals of ' " apart, 

 into an inch Memel 

 deal fascia board, 

 having moulding to 

 correspond. 



Cornice to eaves 

 to be formed of Me- 

 mel deal, framed, 

 glued, blocked, and 

 moulded as drawing, 

 with cut modiilions 

 at intervals of in- 

 ches apart; and a 

 gutter of the clear 

 dimensions shown in 

 section, and having 

 a falling bottom to 

 be formed behind the upper mouldings of the cor- 

 nice. 



