Country architecture: a work designed for the use of the nobility and country gentlemen; being a series of executed works and designs for buildings connected with landed property, comprising labourers' cottages, labourers' institute, mechanics' dwellings, entrance lodges, gates and bridge, gardeners' and keepers lodges, dairy and laundry cottages, smithies and farriers' houses .. (1874)
Birch, John, architect · Edinburgh, W. Blackwood · leaf 113
Park Hill and Rowfant, are heavy and massive, having a considerable portion of oak and iron in their construction, yet they work with the greatest of freedom, and retain their position. The best method of hanging large gates is to connect the hook which holds the top hinge to an iron rod built in… … A shews the gate pier, b hanging stile of gate, c gate hinge, d iron rod built into pier, e iron hook to receive gate hinge made to slip over iron bar d; / pivot and bottom hinge of gate, the pivot should be of steel or gun-metal, and the cup of the hinge which fits on pivot should be bushed with…
Architecture, Domestic
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