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Section IX Contents of Third Sort of Houses.

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Thickness of Party Walls.; Scantlings.

Alsoe that the Houses of the third sort of buildings fronting the high and principall Streetes shall consist of four Stories high besides Cellars and Garrets as aforesaid, that the first Story containe full ten foote in height from the Floore to the Cielling, the second ten foote and an halfe, the third nine foote, the fourth eight foote and an halfe, That all the said Walls in front and reere as high as the first Story be of the full thicknes of the length of two Bricks and an halfe, and from thence upwards to the Garret Floore of the thicknes of one Bricke and an halfe, that the thicknes of the Garret walls on the backe part be left to the discretion of the builder soe as the same be not lesse then the length of one Bricke, and alsoe that the thicknes of the Party walls betweene every house of this third and larger sort of building be two Bricks lengths as high as the first Story, and thence upwards to the Garrets of the thicknes of one bricke and halfe, the scantlings of Timber and Stone to be as in the said Table are prescribed