Design No. 1 is of larger dimensions than any that follow, having a clear story, with transepts. The audience-room is 53 ft. in length by 42 ft. in width, with three hundred and fifty sittings. The transepts are 25 ft. long by 11 ft. deep. A Sunday-school room is attached, separated by glass partitions, giving an additional length of 30 ft. to the audience-room and one hundred and fifty additional sittings, increasing the whole number to five hundred. There is an infant school-room, separated from the principal one by glass partitions, and two class-rooms, that occupy the corresponding space upon the opposite side. The entrances are through the tower on one side and porch on the other. These form vestibules and communicate with all the apartments. The pulpit is within an octagon recess, and occupies the width of the nave, raised upon a platform. The platform for the pulpit is three risers above this, or about 2 ft. 6 in. above the main floor. The walls of the aisles are 12 ft. high, those of the clear story 26 ft., and the centre 35 ft. The spire and tower are 100 ft. in height from the ground to the base of the terminal. The walls are intended for stone, rubble-work, pointed. The interior of side walls are sand finish; the ceiling, neutral tint. The lower portion of the principal rafters is exposed, and grained oak. The roofs are all slated, of one shade, but varied in form. The cresting and terminals will be iron. The latter applies also to the dormers, pinnacles, gables, and top of spire. All of these are painted ultramarine, tipped with gold. The windows all have stained glass. That for the church will cost $1.00 per superficial foot, and 60 cts. for school-rooms. The ends and backs of the pews and pulpit are all walnut; all other wood-work is pine. The annexed bill of quantities is based upon the foregoing description: This design represents a church and chapel, and is in the Gothic style, and may be constructed of brick, stone or frame, and adapted to the suburbs of a city or for a village church; the audience-room is 56 ft. long by 42 ft. wide, and will seat three hundred and fifty persons; the side walls are 17 ft. high, and the height of interior is 34 ft. at the apex in the centre of ceiling. The tower with spire is in the centre of front, projecting one half its width, and forms a vestibule and entrance to the audience. room; it also communicates with side vestibules, in which are placed the stairways leading to the gallery. The side vestibules communicate with the wall aisles, while the centre aisle is entered direct from the tower; the seats are in two double blocks; the pews are 8 ft. long. The tower and spire together are 125 ft. high from the ground to the base of the terminal. The chapel is on the rear, 21 ft. wide and 42 ft. long, with projections at each end of 12 ft., with a lobby and entrance on each side; the remaining space of one end is intended for infant schoolroom, and the other is divided into two Bible-class rooms, all of which have movable glass partitions, so that all can be connected when desired. GROUND PLAN. The chapel and audience-room also have communicating doors each side of pulpit, as shown upon plan. A is the vestibule; B, the audience-room; C C, the entrance to chapel; D E, the two class rooms, each 8X12; F, the infant school-room, 12 × 16; G, lecture and Sabbath-school room, 21×42. The floors are all on one level, and 2 ft. 6 in. above the intended grade of the ground, and a cellar beneath the entire building 6 ft. 6 in. deep in the clear. The cellar walls are of hard brick or stone 18 in. thick; the superstructure to be frame and weather-boarded with 1 in. boards, narrow and overlap. The roofs, including the spire, to be of slate laid on felt, and the interior to be plastered two coats, sand floated and trowelled to a smooth surface. The painting all to be done with three coats, and the windows glazed with stained glass, the average cost to be 80 cents per superficial foot; the building throughout to be finished in best manner. The following estimate is based upon the foregoing description: 700 yds. excavation, @ 35 cts. per yard. 155 perches of stone for foundations, @ $5 in the wall 4,000 feet of flooring, @ $35 per M. $245 00 775 00 140 00 12,000 feet of joists, @ $20 per M. 240 00 9,000 feet of rafters and roof timbers, @ $25 per M 6,000 feet sheathing boards, @ $30 per M. 180 00 16,000 feet framing timber for caperstructure, @ $25 per M 400 00 8,000 feet weather boarding, @ $35 per M 280 00 4,500 feet timber in tower and spire, @ $25 per M 1,000 feet sheathing boards for spire, @ $20 per M Window frames and sash, complete 750 00 |