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Halfpenny, William and John / The country gentleman's pocket compantion, and builder's assistant, for rural decorative architecture
(1756)

[List and description of plates],   pp. 3-14


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(4) 
proper Decorations about the Foot of the Dome. 
The Walls are to be fludded Work, filled with 
Brick, and ftucco'd within and without; the 
two Fronts, with their Ornaments, Wood;-:the 
Roof to be covered with Lead, and the Floor 
laid with fquared Pavement. The whole may 
be compleated for Fifty Pounds.' 
NuMBER -2. is the Elevation of a Chinefe 
Temple, fix Feet fquare in the Clear, and thir- 
teen Feet high, open to the Cupola, a Cornice 
of fix Inches at the Foot of the Roof within, 
and a Moulding of three Inches at the Feet of 
the Cupola. The Walls to be ftudded Work, 
filled with Brick, and ftucco'd within and with- 
out; the two Fronts with all the Ornaments, 
Wood ; the Roof to be covered with Lead or 
Slate, and the Floor laid with fquared Pavement. 
The whole may be compleated for forty-five 
Pounds. 
PLATE         II. 
N UM BER r. is the Elevation of another open 
Temple, decorated in the indian Tafie, 
with four equal Fronts; the Clear of the Room 
is eight Feet fquare, and ten Feet high. The 
Cieling to be groined in the Nature of a Coach- 
Head, aad a Fafci c~p'd with a Moulding 
fevert 


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