1841.] 



THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



349 



SCHEDULE (A). 



DESCRIPTION 



OF 

 BUILDINGS. 



THICKNESS OF OUTEK WALLS. 



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THICKNESS OF PARTY WALLS.* 



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;30 



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3. ^ 







2 B. or 

 17^ In. 



UB. or 

 13 In. 



U B. or 

 13 la. 



\\ B. or 

 13 In. 



2 B. or 

 17i In. 



\\ B. or 

 13 In. 



U B. or 

 13 In. 



U B. or 

 13 In. 



1 B. or 

 8i In. 



1 B. or 



8iln. 



1 B. or 

 84 In. 



1 B, or 



8iln. 



1 B. or 2i B. or 

 8i In. 22i In 



1 B. or 



8iln. 



1 B. or 

 8JIn. 



1 B. or 

 8i In. 



2 B. or 

 17i In. 



2 B. or 

 17iln. 



2 B. or 

 174 In. 



H B. or 

 13 In. 



2* B. or 

 224 In. 



2B. or 

 17A In. 



2B. or 



174 In. 



14 B. or 

 13 In. 



14 B. or 

 13 In. 



First Rate. 



Every Church, Chapel, and other Place of Public Worship, 

 Brewery, Distillery, Manufaetory, Warehouse and other 

 Building (not being a Duelling House or a Building in 

 the Fifth or Sixth Class) which is higher than 31 feet. 



Every Dwelling House which is higher than 50 feet, 

 or which contains more than nine squares of building on the 

 Ground Floor — every Dwelling House or other Building 

 which has more than three clear stories above ground. 



Second Rate. 



Every Warehouse or other Building (not being a Building 

 in the First, Fifth, or Sixth Class, or a Dwelling House,) 

 which is higher than 22 feet, orwhich has three clear stories 

 above ground. 



Every Dwelling House (having three clear stories and no 

 more above ground) which is higher than 40 feet, and every 

 Dwelling House which contains more than five and not 

 more than nine squares of building on the ground floor. 



Third Rate. 



Every Warehouse and other Building (not being a Dwel- 

 ling House or a Building in the first, second, fifth, or sixth 

 class,) which is higher than 13 feet, or which has two 

 clear stories above ground. 



Every Dwelling House (having three clear stories and 

 no more above ground) which is higher than 37 feet. 



Eveiy DwelUng House which contains more than 

 three squares and a half and not more than five squares of 

 building on the ground floor. 



Fourth Rate. 



Every Warehouse and other Building (not being a Build- 

 ing in the first, fifth, or sixth class,) which is not higher 

 than 13 feet. 



Every Dwelling House (having two clear stories and 

 no more above ground) which is higher than 25 feet. 



Every Dwelling House which has not more than one 

 clear story above ground, or which does not contain three 

 squares and a half of building on the ground floor. 



Fifth Rate. 

 Everv Building (not being a Building of the first class or a Dwelling House) which is at least four feet and not more than ten feet from any Public 

 Street Road or Wav, and at least sixteen feet from any other Building not in the same possession, or connected with any such building only by a tence 

 or fence wall, may be buUt of any dimensions, but must be buUt either of brick or stone, or covered with incombustible materials. 



Sixth Rate. 

 ' Everv Building, not in the first class, which is at least ten feet from any Public Street, Road, or Way, and at least thirty feet from any other Building 

 not in the same possession, or connected mth any such BuiUUng only by a fence or fence wall, may be built of any dimensions and with any materials. 



2 B. or 

 174 In. 



U B. or 

 13 In. 



14 B. or 

 13 In. 



U B. or 

 13 In. 



U B. or 

 13 In. 



U B. or 

 13 In. 



i; B. or 

 13 In. 



14 B. or 

 13 In. 



U B. or 

 13 In. 



IB. or 

 84 In. 



* Separate Side or End Walls between Buildings shall not be less than the length of one brick or 84 inches thick, or, when the wall is higher than 

 21 feet less than the lencth of one brick and one half, or 13 inches thick. ,,,,.., ,^,i a i 



W ere ai y B "ildiiig is^t founded on rock, ever>- Outer or Party Wall shall have at least four footing courses below the leve of he Cellar floor, each 

 two coirse pro ie t nf 2\^ches on each side of the course or wall immediately above them ; and all Inner Walls sl,..ll have at least two footing courses 

 4rincheswi^erthaa the wall above them; and all such footings shaU commence upon a firm natural or artificial foundat.ou to be approved by the 



Surveyor. 



