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Construction of Labourers Cottages. 



Inches. 



sash is divided into two unequal parts, the lower part having three squares 

 in height, and the upper part two. The lower part is permanently fixed, w^hile 

 the upper part is constructed to turn in the vertical direction on pivots, which 



are situate in the line of its middle as- 

 tragal ; and both parts are set in a sub- 

 stantial wooden frame, which may be 

 either built in while the wall is erecting, 

 or may be set in afterwards in the 

 ordinary way mth or without checked 

 rabots, according to the taste of the 

 proprietor. The window and its ar- 

 rangements will be better understood 

 by reference to the sketches, where 

 Fig. 1 is an inside elevation. Fig. 2 

 a plan, and Fig. 3 a vertical section, 

 in each of which a portion of the 

 wall is exhibited, and the same let- 

 ters refer to the corresponding parts 

 in each figure ; a is a portion of the 

 surrounding wall, & the wooden frame 

 of the window, c the lower sash, which 

 is dormant, and d the upper and move- 

 able sash. In Fig. 3 the upper sash is 

 represented as open for ventilation ; 

 when shut the parts of the o}iening sash 

 cover and overlap the fixed parts in such 

 a manner as to exclude wind and water, 

 but when ventilation is required the 

 arrangement of the parts which produce 

 this is such as to enable the house- 

 keeper to admit air to any extent. For 

 this purpose the notched latch e is 

 jointed to a stud in the edge of the 

 sash ; a simple iron pin or stud is also 

 fixed in the wooden frame at s, and, the 

 notclies of the latch being made to fall 

 upon this stud at any required distance, the requisite 

 degree of opening is secured, and when the sash is again 

 closed the latcli falls down parallel with and close to the ' 

 sash. To secure the sashes when shut, the T bolt /, in 

 the middle of the meeting bars, has only to be turned one- 

 fourth round, and the moveable sash is held fast in close 

 contact with the other. 



" The figures represent the window as finished up with 

 simple dressings, viz. plain deal shutters, facings, and sole, 

 which, at a small expense, would give an air of neatness 

 and comfort to the apartment, and promote a corresponding 

 taste in the other j^arts of the cottage. 



" Though the dimensions of the window here stated 

 may be conceived sufficient for lighting an apartment of 

 ordinary size, they can nevertheless be varied to suit every 

 purpose; this may be done either by employing two such 

 windows as above described, with a mullion of wood or of 

 stone between them, or the single window may be enlarged 

 by one or two squares in width or in height, or in both 

 directions." 



