{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rebuilding-of-london-act-1666/section-XL", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rebuilding-of-london-act-1666/section-XL.json", "legislation": "aep/Cha2/18-19/8", "legislation_title": "Rebuilding of London Act 1666", "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rebuilding-of-london-act-1666", "path": "section/XL", "kind": "section", "number": "XL", "heading": "Lord Mayor, &c. may open Water Lane, and Streets herein mentioned.", "text": "Satisfaction to Proprietors of Ground, &c.\nProvided alsoe And it is hereby further enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid that the Lord Maior and Aldermen of London may and shall open and inlarge a Streete or passage called Water Lane leading from Fleete streete to White Fryars Docke by the River of Thames, as alsoe open and inlarge a Streete or passage to the said River from Cheapeside through Soper Lane to Thames Streete and from the Three Cranes to the Thames, And open and inlarge one other Streete or passage through Minceing Lane by Saint Dunstons in the East to Thames Streete neere the Custome house And to make the said Streetes or passages twenty fower foote in breadth for the conveniency of Trade and better passage of Carts and other carriages to and from the said River giveing notice of what they shall herein resolve to the proprietors and persons concerned before the last day of May which shall be in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty seaven and giveing them satisfaction for their ground according to the Rules and Directions of this Act for the inlarging of other Streetes and places.\n[A SCHEME of Proportions and Scantlings for Stories Walls and Timbers for the building of lesser and larger Houses within the Citty of London.\nBricke.\nDivision of Story\nHeight of Story\nThicknes of Walls\nBricks\nBricks\nFoote\nFirst sort being the least Houses fronting By Streets and Lanes\nCellars\n6½\nTo the First Floore\n2\n1½\n1 Story\n9\n2d\n1½\n1½\n2 Story\n9\n3d\n1½\n1½\nGarrets\n1\n1\nSecond sorte Houses fronting all Streets Lanes of Note and River of Thames.\nCellars\n6½\nTo the First Floore\n2½\n2\n1 Story\nNot lesse in height cleare then\n10\nThicknes of Walls in Front and Reere from the Foundation\n2d\n2\nThicknes of Walls betweene House and House\n1½\n2 Story\nWhere ye\n10\n3d\n2\n1½\n3 Story\nSprings pp[re]vent not\n9\n4th\n1½\n1½\nGarrets\n1\n1\nThird sort Houses fronting all High Streets and Lanes of Note\n1 Story\n10\n1st\n2½\n2\n2 Story\n10½\n2d\n1½\n1½\n3 Story\n9\n3d\n1½\n1½\n4 Story\n8½\n4th\n1½\n1½\nGarrets\n1\n1\nScantlings of Timber for the first sort of Houses.\nFoote\nInches\nInches\nLength Foote\nThicknes\nDepth\nFor the Floors\nSummers under\n15\n12\nand\n8\nJoysts to 10\n3\nand\n7 Inches\nWall plates\n7\nand\n5\nGarret Floores\n3\nand\n6\nFoote\nFor the Roofe\nPrincipall Rafters under\n15\nat foote\n8\n6 Inches\nat top\n5\nSingle Rafters\n4\nand 3 Inches.\nScantlings of Timber for the other two sortes of Houses.\nFor the Floors\nFoote\nFoote\nBreadth Inches\nDepth Inches\nThicknes Inches\nDepth Inches\nSummers or Girders which beare in length from\n10\nto\n15\n11\nand\n8\nJoysts which beare 10 Foote\n3\n6\n15\n18\n13\n9\n3\n7\n18\n21\n14\n10\n3\n7\n21\n24\n16\n12\n3\n8\n24\n26\n17\n14\n3\n8\nInches\nInches\nPrincipall Discharges upon Peeres\n13\nand\n12\nIn the first Story in the Fronts\n15\n13\nInches.\nBinding Joysts with their Triming Joysts\n5\ndepth equall to their owne Floores\nInches\nInches\nWall plates or raiseing Pieces and Beames\n10\nand\n6\n8\n6\n7\n5\nInches.\nInches\nLintells of Oake in the\n1st and 2d story\n8\nand\n6\n3d story\n5\n4\nFor the Roofe\nLength\nThickness\nFoote\nFoote\nInches\nInches\nPrincipall Rafters from\n15\nto\n18\nat foote\n9\n7\nat topp\n7\n18\n21\nat foote\n10\n8\nat topp\n8\n21\n24\nat foote\n12\n8½\nat topp\n9\n24\n26\nat foote\n13\n9\nat topp\n9\nLength\nFoote\nFoote\nInches\nInches\nPurlines from\n15\nto\n18\n9\n8\n18\n21\n12\n9\nFoote\nInches\nInches\nSingle Rafters\nnot exceeding in length\n9\n5\n4\nnot exceeding in length\n6\n4\n3½\nScantlings for Sawed Timber and Lathes usually brought out of the West Country not lesse then\nFoote\nBreadth Inches\nThickness Inch\nSingle Quarters in length\n8\n3½\n1¾\nDouble Quarters in length\n8\n4\n3½\nSawed Jousts in length\n8\n6\n4\nLathes in length\n5\n1¼\n1 quarter & ½ of Inch\n4\nInches\nStone\nWhere Stone is used to keepe to these Scantlings.\nFirst sort of Houses\nCorner Peeres\n18 square\nMiddle or single Peeres\n14 and 12\nDouble Peeres betweene House & House\n14 and 18\nDoore jambes and Heads\n12 and 8\nFoote\nInches\n2d and 3d sorts\nCorner Peers\n2\n6 square\nMidle or single Peeres\n18 square\nDouble Peeres betweene House and House\n24 and 18\nDooresJams and Heads\n14 and 10\nFoote\nThickness\nScantlings for Sewers\n3 wide\nSide walls\n1 bricke\nBottome paved plaine and then 1 bricke and edge circular.\n5 high\nArch\n1 bricke on end", "extent": null, "status": null, "version": "current", "annotations": [ { "type": "X", "label": "X1", "text": "annexed to the Original Act in a separate Schedule." }, { "type": "X", "label": "X2", "text": "annexed to the Original Act in a separate Schedule." }, { "type": "X", "label": "X3", "text": "interlined on the Roll." }, { "type": "X", "label": "X4", "text": "Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Doore O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]" }, { "type": "X", "label": "X5", "text": "Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: ½ O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]" } ], "outstanding_effects": [], "provenance": { "source": "legislation.gov.uk", "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/18-19/8/section/XL", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:28:37.956689+00:00" }, "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0", "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/", "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives." }