# Rebuilding of London Act 1670, Section VII: The Dimension of Corner Piers.


Posts of Oak may be used for Corner Piers.
And to prevent any doubts that may hereafter arise concerning Corner peeres and with what Materials the same ought to be made Bee it enacted and declared by the authoritie aforesaid That all Corner peeres of Stone or Bricke hereafter to be erected shall be of the Demensions of the Peeres of Stone mentioned in the said Act.; And that it be left to the liberty of all and every the Builders of Corner houses to use a substantiall Post of Oake Timber to prevent the danger that may happen by Carts and Carriages instead of the Corner peere of Bricke or Stone of such Demensions and Scantlings as the Surveyours of the said City shall direct and appoint; The said Act or any thing therein contayned to the contrary notwithstanding.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/22/11/section/VII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rebuilding-of-london-act-1670/section-VII
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