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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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THE OLD CHÂTEAU _Frontispiece_.

THE OLD CELLAR _Vignette_.

1. PLAN OF THE GROUND FLOOR 22

2. PLAN OF THE FIRST FLOOR 24

3. ROOF PLAN 33

4. PLAN OF THE SECOND FLOOR 36

5. THE ENTRANCE FRONT 37

6. EXAMPLE OF A BUILDING SITE 46

7. DITTO 47

8. DITTO 49

9. SECTION OF CELLAR VAULT 53

10. THE OLD CELLAR 54

11. THE OLD CELLAR STAIRS 56

12. THE BULGED WALLS 58

13. CONSTRUCTION OF A ROOF PRINCIPAL 62

14. CAMBERED TIMBER 67

15. THE OLD ROOF 68

16. COUPLED TIMBERS 69

17. DITTO 69

18. TIMBER CLIPS 70

19. SETTING OUT THE BUILDING 73

20. USE OF THE THEODOLITE 79

21. THE CELLAR PLAN 89

22. DEPOSIT OF EXCAVATED SOIL 92

23. FOUNDATION STONES 94

24. SECTION OF SEWER 95

25. CENTERING OF CELLAR VAULT 97

26. SECTION OF CELLAR AIR-HOLES 99

27. RESPECTIVE VIEW OF DITTO 100

28. SPRING OF THE CELLAR VAULTING 101

29. THE GARDEN FRONT 103

30. THE QUOIN STONES 107

31. THE WINDOW CASING 108

32. THE CEILINGS 110

33. METHOD OF TRIMMING THE FLOORS 112

34. PERSPECTIVE OF DITTO 112

35. VIEW OF THE BUILDING OPERATIONS 120

36. HOLLOW BEDDED STONES 123

37. DRAWING MODELS 128

38. DITTO 129

39. PLANS AND SECTION OF THE PRINCIPAL STAIRS 132

40. THE STAIRCASE STRING 135

41. STEP OF WINDING STAIRS 136

42. SECTION OF THE SIDE WALLS, WITH DETAILS 163

43. AN ORIEL WINDOW 166

44. BAY WINDOW OF BILLIARD-ROOM 170

45. DETAIL OF CORNICE, STRING COURSE, ETC. 176

46. TRANSVERSE SECTION OF THE HOUSE 191

47. PLAN OF THE ROOF SUPPORTS 192

48. SECTION OF THE ROOF 194

49. THE STAIRCASE ROOF 196

50. FLAWS IN TIMBER 198

51. COUPLED BEAMS 199

52. SECTION OF THE FLOOR JOISTS 201

53. DITTO 201

54. SECTION OF THE FLOOR BEAMS 201

55. THE DORMER WINDOWS 203

56. THE DOORS 216

57. DETAILS OF DITTO 217

58. THE CASEMENTS 218

59. DETAILS OF DITTO 219

60. THE METHOD OF SLATING 233

61. DETAILS OF THE PLUMBER’S WORK 235

62. THE NEW HOUSE 258

HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE.