b Lightning at Heckingham. ^59 
quite to the top of the wall againft which it refls to the fouth- 
ward, but is Ihorter by one courfe of bricks on edge (fee fio\ 
io. and ii. at c ) ; and at its junction with the wall a flcjhmy of 
lead is carried along horizontally (from c to d, tig. 1 1 .) 25I feet 
in length. 
. We conclude this general account of the building with the 
dimenlions of its principal parts.. 
Length of the center range (Z fig. 1.) to the 
flanks - . . 108 
Length of each flank (X and Y fig. 1 .); - icg 
Breadth of the center range, and of each flank,. 
Height from the ground to the bottom of the hips 
Cf? Sr fig'- 3. and 4.) - - about 20 
Height from the ground to the top of the ridge 
(/, fig.. 2. and 3. e , fig. 4.) - about 34 
Height of the chimnies above the ridge of the roof 
(as E, fig. 4.) - - about 3 
Length of each hip (from f to g , fig. 3. 4. and 
1 1 •) - - - about 27 
Height of the wall (1) lupporting the liable (fig. 3.) 16 
Height of the eaves of the liable above the garden 
to the northward of it (fee general plan, fig. 1.) 7 
Length of the liable on the outfide - 26 
Breadth of the liable on the outfide - 1 5 
In. 
9 
7 
4 - 
6 
o 
6 
o 
o 
o 
2 
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To all the eight chimnies which have been defcribed we 
found iron rods affixed, reaching between four and five feet 
above the top of the chimney, pointed at the upper end, and 
tapering about ten inches to that point. Each rod or bar was 
nearly fquare, meafuring, upon a mean, about half an inch 
one way, and four-tenths of ail inch ?he other, with the angles 
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