FITTINGS AND DETAILS. 



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Fig. 64. 



As much light is not desirable in a coach-house, a light over 

 the entrance doors, as on Plate 8, a portion of which may be 

 made to swing, or a single window about 8 feet above the level 

 of the ground, will be found sufficient. 



The doors may be hung on hinges or made to slide, either Coach-house 

 past each other, or to the right and left, or the entrance may ^°*^^* 

 be closed by revolving shutters of iron or wood as shown 

 on Plate 12. Either of these is more convenient than a central 

 movable post. 



Collinge's hinges, shown on Plate 28 (Fig. 3) are the best Hinges and 

 for coach-houses and entrance-gates, and are made upon the fa.stenings. 

 principle of the ball-and-socket, the latter 

 forming a receptacle for oil as shown on 

 Fig. 64, the overhanging lip serving to exclude 

 the wet and dust. For jambs or piers of 

 stone or brickwork, they are manufactured with 

 fangs, as shown on Fig. 65. Fastenings are 

 used of various kinds, one of the best and 

 simplest being the ordinary locking bar, supple- 

 mented, where the doors are hung on hinges^ by 

 bolts at top and bottom. An ingenious com- 

 bination of the two has been registered by the 

 St. Pancras Iron Company, and is illustrated on 

 Plate 26 (Fig. 2), including also a stop which 

 fixes the door when open. A bolt with a wheel 

 attached to the bottom, works up and down in a 

 slide to allow of the door passing over rough 

 ground, such as the granite paving of a yard, 

 without raising the bolt, a socket being securely 

 let into the ground into which the wheel drops. 

 This wheel can be made to carry some of 

 the weight of the door if the course over which 

 it has to travel is sufficiently level, and the door may be 

 opened and closed by lifting the bolt from the socket, which 

 can be done bv the foot. 



Fig. 65. 



Fig. 66. 



Fig. 67. 



