On the Construction of Cottages. 
861 
enough for our purpose at Ad. Thus the total cost of stone-work 
is 3s. 0^(/. per square yard. 
In a double cottage, each containing the accommodation above 
stated, the outside measure will be 50 feet in length by 15 feet in 
width, by 15 feet high. 
A double chimney in the middle requires 1600 of bricks at 
3s. 4(/. per hundred. 
Cost of bricks 
16 bushels of lime, at 5fi. 
16 do. of sand, at \d. 
4 lbs. of hair, at 2d. 
Labour and beer 
£. s. d. 
2 13 4 
0 6 8 
<} 1 4 
0 0 8 
1 2 6 
Cost of chimney . . . £4 4 6 
N.B. — Hair is bought at the tanners' at 16s. per 112 lbs. ; but 
1 put it at 2d. per lb. in these estimates. 
One oven sufficient to bake 3 stones of bread requires — 
£. s. d. 
500 bricks, at 3*. 4d. . . 0 16 8 . 
5 bushels of lime, at bd. . . 0 2 1 
5 do. sand, at Id. . . 0 0 5 
i lb. hair, at 2fi. . . . GDI 
Labour and beer . . . 0 14 6 
Cost of one oven . , . £l 13 9 
Cost of two ovens 3/. ^s. 6d. 
^ One hundred cottage paving-bricks will do more than 3 square 
yards, at 4s. 7d. per 100. 
s. d. 
Cost of bricks for 1 square yard . . 16 
„ sand 0 0^ 
Labour and beer . . . . 0 4i 
Cost of 1 square yard . . . Ill 
Cost of paving about 61 square yards, 5/. 16^. lid. 
A skirting will be required : it may be made by means of old 
thin paving brick set on edge, against which the flooring bricks 
are laid. About 130 feet in length of this work will be required, 
as it is not necessary to skirt the partitions, the pinnings of which 
are of 4-inch brick-work, and may cost in all 6s. If old bricks 
cannot be procured the brick-maker will readily make a few tiles 
of the best material for the purpose. 
Skirting, 6s. 
