648 REPORTS OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE. 



The ten small windows, on each side above water table, will have splayed jambs r 

 arches, and sills. 



The four large triple windows will have sills eight inches high. The jarnbs and 

 rnullions will be of the section shown on plan E, No. 1. 



The columns of the jambs will have plinths, bases, and foliage capitals ; and from 

 the abacus of the capital an octagonal label mould will be carried around the head of 

 the windows. 



Chimneys. — Six chimneys springing from handsomely moulded brackets, and pro- 

 jecting two feet six inches from the face of the wall, with splaj T ed corners well cut, 

 will be carried from the water table to the height shown on plans. They will have 

 octagonal mouldings, splayed cornices, and pierced windows, with battlemented tops 

 of dimensions and workmanship directed by architect. 



Interlaced arch. — Between the chimneys on the west side, and between the bell 

 tower and the chimneys on the east side, an arcade of interlaced Norman arches, 

 resting on handsome columns with neat plinths, bases, and capitals, and 18 inches 

 higher than shown on plans, and cut in the best manner, will be placed. The arcade 

 will rest on an octagonal sill course, supported by handsome moulded corbels or den- 

 tils, and will be capped with a heavy hook label moulding, with an 18-inch bed 

 grooved to receive the roofing. 



Bell tower will be carried up plain to the height shown on plans, with the corners 

 cut true and even, and with two roll mouldings projecting from the north and south 

 sides. 



A corbel course of plain corbels will be carried around the top of the first story. 



The coping of the first story will be a fillet and splay eighteen inches in thickness. 



The base course of the second story will be splayed on its upper bed, and well cut^ 



The corners of the tower will be splayed. 



The window sills will be eight inches high. 



The window jambs will be cut to the form of a splay and column, with plinths, 

 base, and capital. 



The arch will be of same section as jamb, with a square moulding, taking the 

 place of the shaft of the column, and around the arch a label, rising from neat cor- 

 bels, will be carried. 



The cornice will be a splay and fillet, and will be coped by a plain coping, per 

 plans. 



Battlement of Ends, §c. — The machiolations under the battlement will overhang 

 the walls two feet six inches. They will consist of semicircular arches, resting on 

 handsome moulded corbels. Above this the battlement will rise ; and where it is 

 above the roof, it will be dressed on both sides, and sixteen inches in thickness. The 

 battlement will be coped with a handsome moulded coping. 



Western connecting range — cloister. — The cloister will consist of three compart- 

 ments, divided by buttresses, each containing a triple arched opening. 



The two base courses will be carried along the front. In the basement seven small 

 windows will be cut, with splayed sills, jambs, and arches. 



An octagonal sill course will be carried under the sills of the cloister, with a bed 

 and build of at least twenty-four inches, grooved to receive lead. 



The buttresses between the triple arches will be well cut, and project eight inches 

 beyond the walls above the arches. The pillars supporting the arches will be well 

 cut, and will have plinths, bases, and handsome foliage caps, cut in the best manner. 

 The arches will be of the section of a rebate and splay, and well cut on both sides. 



A corbel course of semicircular arches, projecting eight inches from face of wall, 

 resting on handsome moulded drops, will be carried between the buttresses. 



The cornice will be octagonal, well cut, with a bed of at least eighteen inches, 

 grooved as usual. 



The front of the connecting range behind the cloister will have windows cut simi- 

 lar to those of the south front. 



The south front will be divided by buttresses into seven bays. The two base- 

 courses will run along the whole front. Seven small windows with splayed jambs, 

 sills, and arches, will be cut for the basement. 



An octagonal sill course will be carried under the sills between the buttresses. 



The window sills will be seven inches high. 



The jambs, arches, and labels of the windows will be cut in the same manner aa 

 those of the eastern connecting range. 



The corbel table, between the buttresses and the coping, will also be cut in the- 

 same manner as those of the eastern connecting range. 



