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On the Construction of Cottages. 
small dimensions for aged women ; so that those who object to 
the Union House may continue to reside in the neighbourhood 
of their friends. 
One room, 13 feet square, will be sufficient, in which the bed 
will stand ; no oven is wanted ; the double chimney in the middle 
may be small, say 3 feet by 3 feet at the base ; thus leaving a 
space on each side of it ; 5 feet by 3 feet for a closet, one in each 
house. The outside measure for two apartments will be 30 feet 
by 15, and 8 feet high to the eaves. It will be observed that I do 
not recommend ceiling on the rafters, because the additional cost 
of lath and plaster almost equals the saving in ceiling-joists ; and 
the cost of a foot or two more in height of clay-wall is hardly 
worth thinking of. A flat ceiling, too, has this advantage, that in 
after years one defective rafter can be removed without disturbing 
Chimney 
Paving 39 square yards 
Skirting 
Clay ceiling 
Clay partitions . 
Clay walls 
Windows 
Stud-work of partitions and closet-doors, &c. 
Ceiling-joists 
Doors 
Roof 
Out-buildings 
£. 
s. 
d. 
3 
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14 
9 
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4 
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2 
0 
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15 
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6 
15 
6 
2 
16 
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2 
14 
6 
2 
6 
0 
2 
14 
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18 
0 
0 
4 
19 
0 
£50 
0 
0 
Total cost of two cottages . 
The rent of each of these apartments may be put at 30s., which 
would pay 6 per cent. 
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