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drawn on them, so that they will be perfectly plumb, true, and even, in 

 ev^ery respect. 



A corbel table will be carried around the octagon over the arches of the 

 fourth tier of windows, per plans, with handsome brackets neatly mould- 

 ed under semicircular arches, which will project from 10 to 12 inches. 



Over this corbel table a splay fillet and octagonal moulding will be car- 

 ried to the under side of the ornamental band, of such dimensions and 

 •workmanship as the architect shall direct. 



Over this octagonal mould an ornamented course, having a zigzag 

 chevron, or a star or enriched lozenge or triangular frette, of such dimen- 

 sions and pattern as architect shall direct, and well cut, will be carried. 



Above this a series of six mouldings, of such dimensions and pattern as 

 the architect shall direct, and terminated by an octagonal moulding 16 

 inches high*and 30 inches bed, for a cornice, with a rabbet to receive the 

 lead connecting the roof covering with the stone, will be carried. 



Parapet of toicer. — A parapet 3 feet 6 inches in height, with a moulded 

 base and octagonal coping, will be carried all around the top of the tower, 

 over the cornice. All the stones between the base and coping will be 15 

 inclies thickness of bed, and fine cut on both faces and both beds, as 

 will the coping and base. The whole to be of such proportions as the 

 architect shall direct. 



The buttresses of both central front towers Avill have an arris or draught, 

 fine cut, drawn on all the corners, so that they will, w'hen laid, be per- 

 fectly plumb, true, and even. 



All ihe mouldings, buttress caps, base courses, and in general all the 

 ornamental work on tiie buttresses, will be well cut and of such dimen- 

 sions and design as architect shall direct. And all the work nu bolli 

 front towers, the porch and space between the towers, to be cut and fur- 

 nished, whether specified or not. 



In each of the walls between front towers and main building, there 

 will be a door four feet six inches opening, and ten feet six inches high in 

 the clear. Their jambs and arches will be of the following section, (see 

 plan A, No. IS,) and v/ell cut, and the columns will have bases, plinths, 

 and foliage. Capitals of such design as may be approved of by the archi- 

 tect. The bands and corbel courses, and battlements of the front of the 

 central buildmgs, hereinafter described, will be continued along these 

 walls to the rears of the central front towers, a total length of 14 feet each. 



Windows. — In each of the above spaces there will be three windows, 

 averaging ten feet high, and four feet broad in the openings, with arches 

 and jambs of section (plan A, No. 17) well and truly cut, and of such 

 dimensions as architect shall direct. 



Cat slone in front and rear of central building. 



Two bases, their courses of section described, will be carried around 

 both of the fronts and buttresses. 



Buttresses. — The corners of all the buttresses will be dressed with a 

 draught or arris, so that they will be perfectly plumb, true, and even, when 

 laid. 



Buttress cps will be gable shaped, and project one foot to sixteen 

 inches from liie corbel table behind them. They will be well and tiuly 



