26 STABLE BUILDING AND STABLE FITTING. 



Facing with 

 tiles, &c. 



Smithies. 



and have found considerable favour in rustic designs for stabling, 

 especially in conjunction with ornamental tile facing. But the 

 character of the construction, as well as the materials used, are 

 dependent largely on locality, and may be influenced also by 

 the style of existing buildings. 



A cheap and effective method of covering the gables, and 

 walls of the upper floors of stable buildings, often used in union 

 with rough cast and half timber work, is illustrated by Fig. qa, 



and also shown on Plates 6 and 7. 

 Fig. 9a. The face of the timber framing is 



covered with oak laths and tiles, 

 the hidden and upper part of each 

 tile being pointed with lime and hair 

 mortar. The framing may be 

 finished on the inner side with the 

 usual lath and plaster, or treated as 

 brick-nogging, and filled in with 

 brickwork of the necessary thick- 

 ness. Ornamental concrete slabs, 

 plain or stamped with a pattern, may be also successfully 

 employed. 



Smithies are only used in large establishments where special 

 buildings are required for shoeing. Omnibus and tramway 

 stables are usually provided with them, and also with fitters^ 

 and harness-makers' shops. 



The author has found that the design on Plate 45 has 

 afforded general satisfaction to the several companies for whom 

 it has been built. The whole of the hearth is constructed in 

 brickwork in cement, including the hood, which is supported 

 by a wrought angle iron 4 inches by 4 inches by i-inch, in such 

 a manner that the weight is thrown effectually on to the outer 

 wall. The flues of these hearths should always be cored 

 throughout with cow-dung mortar. It will be seen by referring 

 to the sections on Plates 45 and 46, that the light, which if 

 possible should be northerly, is admitted from a nearly vertical 



