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Battlements, c^'c. — The machiolations under the battlement will project 

 two feet from the face of the wall, and will be formed of semicircular 

 arches, springing from moulded corbels; above these M-ill rise the battle- 

 ment, well cut on both sides, 20 inches in thickness, and coped with a 

 heavy moulded coping, (per plan of architect.) 



The octagonal stair tower attached to the above will have cross-shaped 

 loop holes and slits to light the stairs from top to bottom. All the mould- 

 ings of the main tower will be carried around it, and it will be finished at 

 the top by a battlement with cross-shaped loop-holes. A door for entrance, 

 with plain rebated jambs, will be placed in one side of this tower on the 

 level of the ground, with proper sills, &c.; and all the corbels and ether 

 mouldings of the tower will be well cut. 



East connecting range — cloister. — The front of the cloister will be a 

 continuous arcade of six-arched openings filled with mullions and tracery. 

 The section of the jambs and mullions will be as shown on plan A, No. 

 15. 



All the columns will have plinths and bases handsomely moulded, and 

 foliage capitals of best description. 



The tracery in the heads will be nine inches in thickness, with raised 

 archeSj and the panels over these arches will be pierced with quatre- 

 foils. An octagonal label resting on handsome corbels will be carried over 

 the arches. 



The cornice will consist of a corbel table of semicircular arches resting 

 on moulded corbels, projecting at least 10 inches from the face of the wall. 

 The coping will be octagonal, IS inches bed, with grooves, &c., as usual. 

 The arches of the cloister will rest on a sill 12 inches thick and 30 inches 

 bed. Underneath the sills an octagonal moulding will be carried. 



There will be six small windows with splayed jambs, one under each 

 of the above arches, to light the basement, and two base courses, as usual. 



North front of connecting range behind cloister will be finished with 

 eight windows, with jambs and arches of section of a rebate with engaged 

 column or a splay, and of same dimensions as those of the south side. 



South front of connecting range will consist of seven bays, divided by 

 buttresses projecting 8 to 12 inches from the walls. 



The two base courses will be carried all around the buttresses and 

 walls. 



An octagonal sill course will be carried along under the windows. The 

 sills of the windows will be six inches high. The section of the jambs 

 and windows will be of a rebate and engaged column or a splay, with 

 bases, plinths, and capitals to the columns. The arches will be of same sec- 

 tion as the jambs, with an octagonal moulding instead of the shaft of the 

 column. Over the heads of the windows an octagonal label mould rising 

 from two moulded or foliage corbels will be run. 



A corbel course, projecting from 10 to 12 inches from the face of the 

 wall, will be carried from buttress to buttress. The corbels will consist of 

 semicircular arches rising from moulded dentils. The coping will be oc- 

 tagonal. 



A small window with splayed jambs, sills, and arches, will be cut for 

 each compartment, and they will be placed underneath the windows above 

 described. 



Above the coping there will be a battlement three feet high, with open- 

 ings for windows alternating with carved panels. This will be coped 



