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A GENERAL
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DESCRIPTION
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OF THE
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Principal Materials and Work
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To be used and performed in the BUILDING of the
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NEW SESSION HOUSE,
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FOR THE
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COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
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BRICKLAYER.
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All the Bricks to be found, hand, well-burnt Grey Stock Bricks;
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to be laid and flushed in the Foundation Walls in Mortar made
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of good strong Quick Stone Lime, mixed with clean washed River
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Sand, well beat and tempered; and in the order Parts of the Building
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to be laid and flushed in good strong Quick Chalk Lime, mixed, beat,
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and tempered as aforesaid: Every four Course of such Brick-Work
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not to rise more than eleven Inches and a Quarter; and every such
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four Course to be grouted. All the Brick-Work externally to be
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faced with the brightest coloured Grey Stock Brick, to be selected and
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marked for that Purpose, and finished with a ruled Joint. All the
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Arches over the several Apertures and Recesses in the external Walls
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of the Building, and in the internal Walls of the Sub-Hall, to be
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formed of Malm Stocks, gauged and set in Putty; and the Apertures
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and Recesses in the internal Walls of the Building to be arched
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Bricks of the same Kind as what are to be generally used in the Build-
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ing: And all the Groins of Arches to be formed of Malm Stocks.
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East, or Principal Front.From the Top of the Footings, to the
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under Side of the Fascia, which terminates the rustick Part of the
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Front, to be of the best Purbeck Stone; the rest of the Front, the Pedestals
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