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will be cut. The windows will be filled with handsome Norman tracery of pillars, 

 and semicircular arches of such dimensions, &c, as architect shall direct. 



Splayed corners. — Above these circular windows the tower changes the form of its 

 ground plan from that of a square to that of an octagon, by means of four splayed 

 corners, (per plans ;) these corners will be of coursed cut stone, well cut on the beds, 

 builds and faces, 12 inches high in each course, and having a drip mould cut on the 

 under side of each stone to prevent the water from getting into the joints. 



An octagonal moulding will be carried all around the" base of the octagon at the 

 point where the splay ceases. This moulding will be fine cut, and not less than 12 

 nor more than 16 inches in height. 



Pinnacles. — An octagonal moulding of similar dimensions to the one above will be 

 carried all around the top of the 16 buttresses of the principal tower ; and on each 

 of the buttresses an octagonal or cross-shaped pinnacle, having a plinth, pillars with 

 caps, bases, and arches, and mouldings. Arched panels, corbels, and mouldings of 

 such dimensions, design, and workmanship, as the architect shall direct. The pinna- 

 cles will be each capped by a single stone, having the form of an octagonal pyramid, 

 of such dimensions as architect shall direct, surmounted by a handsome finial. All 

 the above work to be cut in the best manner. 



A sill course of octagonal form will be carried around the whole tower, under the 

 sills of the fourth tier of windows, of such dimensions as architect shall direct. Sills 

 of the windows of the octagonal section will be fifteen inches in height, and of such 

 depth as may be directed by architect. 



All the windows of the octagonal section will have jambs of such section as arch- 

 itect shall direct, and detached columns not more than 12 inches lesser diameter, of 

 oval form, will divide the windows into two bays. 



The columns of the jambs and the central columns, or mullion, will have plinths 

 and bases of good design, and ornamented Norman caps, of such dimensions and 

 pattern as may be approved by architect. The splay of the jambs will be continued 

 around the arches ; the tracery of the window heads will be sunk through single 

 stones of not less than nine inches in thickness ; the arras of the arches will be 

 splayed, and the quatrefoil over them will also be sunk through, and the whole will 

 be fine cut, per direction of architect. 



All the corners of the octagonal section of the tower will leave an arris drawn on 

 them, so that they will be perfectly plumb, true, and even, in every 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 moulded under semicircular 

 arches, which will project from 10 to 12 inches. 



Over this corbel table a splay fillet and octagonal moulding will be carried 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 dimensions and pattern as arch- 

 itect shall direct, and well cut, will be carried. 



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

 tect 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 cover- 

 ing with the stone, will be carried. 



Parapet of tower. — 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 inches 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 will have an arris or draught, fine cut, 

 drawn on all the corners, so that they will, when laid, be perfectly plumb, true, and 

 even. 



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

 work on the buttresses, will be well cut, and of such dimensions and design as archi- 

 tect shall direct. And all the work on both front towers, the porch and space 

 between the towers, to be cut and furnished, 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. 18,) and well cut, and 

 the columns will have bases, plinths, and foliage. Capitals of such design as may 

 be approved of by the architect. The bands and corbel courses, and battlements of 



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