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infancy, and the considerations affecting it are highly technical 

 in character, involving, jDerhaps, a deeper knowledge of 

 engineering work than can usually be required of those 

 responsible for the Building Department on many properties. 



As to the second point, two very successful methods of 

 construction are here described in detail. The first is that 

 practised on the Hardwick Grange Estate near Shrewsbury, the 

 property of Frank Bibby, Esq. where a good deal of ferro- 

 concrete construction has been carried out. By the courtesy 

 of the agent, Mr. R. H. Simpson, and of the architect, Mr. T. 

 Geldart, the writer was enabled to inspect the work under 

 the guidance of Mr. Geldart himself. 



Fig. L— Church Farm, Preston (iubbalds. South front of buildings. 



The first visit was to Church Farm, Preston Gubbalds, 

 occupied by Mr. R. Parker, where a complete set of model 

 farm buildings have been erected (Fig. 1). The first glimpse 

 of the buildings conveys the impression that they are composed 

 of thin walls with strong piers at short intervals, and it is these 

 piers, or columns, which ai-e the essential feature of Mr. 

 Geldart's system of construction. They are made in advance 

 in the yard, or on the site, in wooden moulds which make six 



