642 REPORTS OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE. 



the front of the central buildings, 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. 



Cut stone 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 caps will be gable-shaped, and project one foot to sixteen inches from the 

 corbel table behind them. They will be well and truly cut, with a circular bead on 

 the apex, and of such dimensions, &c, as architect shall direct. 



Band under windows. — Under the first tier of windows a moulding, consisting of a 

 splay, or cove, a fillet, and an octagonal moulding, of such dimensions as architect 

 shall direct, will be carried. 



The window-sills of the first tier of windows will be 10 inches high, well cut, with 

 a rebate to receive the sash. 



The jambs of the windows will be cut to the form of a splay and column, in a 

 rebate, and of such dimensions as architect shall direct. All the columns to have 

 plinths and bases, handsomely moulded, and foliage Norman caps of such design as 

 architect shall approve. 



The arches of the windows will be of the same section as the jambs, with the 

 exception that the circular moulding, or shaft of column, will be replaced by an 

 octagonal one. 



Labels resting on ornamental corbels, of handsome design, will be carried over the 

 heads of all these windows. 



A corbel table of semicircular arches, supported on handsomely carved drops, will 

 extend from buttress to buttress, along the whole front and rear. The projection of 

 this corbel table will be from eight to ten inches. 



The octagonal sill-course under the sills of the second tier of windows, will be cut 

 to such dimensions as architect shall direct. 



The sills of the second tier of windows will be from 16 to 18 inches in height, and 

 cut per plans and directions of architect. 



The window jambs will be cut to the form of a splay and octagonal, or oval col- 

 umn, in a rebate, of such dimensions as architect directs. 



The columns in the centre will be of the same shape as those of the jambs, and of 

 such dimensions as architect shall direct. All the above columns to have plinths, 

 bases, and foliage capitals, of such design as architect shall direct. 



The splay of the jamb will continue around the arch, and a handsomely moulded 

 label, with two carved foliage corbels, will be carried around the arches. Tracery 

 will be of the form shown on plans, at least nine inches thick, and moulded on all 

 the edges. The space between the pointed arches of the tracery will be sunk two- 

 inches on both sides from the face of the arch, and a trefoil will be sunk through it, 

 if so directed by architect. 



A corbel course of large size, projecting from 15 to 18 inches from the face of the 

 walls, will be run all along both front and rear ; the corbels will have semioircular 

 arches, supported by handsome moulded drops, and will be of such dimensions and 

 design as architect shall approve. 



Over the corbel table a moulding, consisting of a splay and fillet, will run all 

 around, if so directed by architect. This moulding is not shown on plans. 



Above this line the battlements will be carried along the whole front and rear of 

 the building. The battlement will be well cut ; and where it is above the roof, will 

 be 16 inches in thickness, and cut on both sides. The coping of the battlement will 

 be cut to the section shewn in plan A, No. 16, and of such dimensions as architect 

 shall direct, and the battlement shall be 18 inches higher than shown on plans. 



All the remaining cut work, and stone therefor, necessary to finish completely the 

 front and rear of the central building, will be furnished by the contractor, whether 

 specified or not. 



East end of central buildings. — The band under the windows will extend along th& 

 whole end of building, between the towers, and will be cut to the form of five sides 

 of an octagon, of such dimensions as architect shall direct. 



