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a distance of two feet all round same, with stone,
brick, tile, or slate, at the least 2 inches thick, or
with other proper incombustible, non-conducting
materials. No oven, close fire, furnace, or forge
shall be erected in the open air, nor within a distance
of 6 inches of any adjoining building constructed of
brick or stone, nor within a distance of 18 inches of
any internal or external wall constructed of wood or
iron, nor within a distance of 18 inches of any
adjoining building constructed of wood or iron.

CHIMNEY SHAFTS.

26. Every chimney shaft or flue, hereafter built,
    raised, or repaired, must be carried up in brick or
    stone work all round, at least 4 inches thick, to a
    height of not less than 36 inches above the highest
    part of such portion of the roof, flat, or gutter
    adjoining thereto, measured at the point of junction;
    and as to any chimney shaft (except that of a steam-
    engine, brewery, distillery, or manufactory), the
    brick or stone work of such shaft or flue must not
    be built higher than 8 feet above the slope, flat, or
    gutter of the roof which it adjoins, measured from
    the highest point of junction, unless such chimney
    shall be built of increased thickness, or be built with
    or bonded to another chimney shaft, or be otherwise
    rendered secure. And as to the chimney shaft for
    the boiler furnace of any steam-engine, or for any
    brewery, distillery, or manufactory, such shaft may
    be erected of any height, so that it is built in such
    manner and of such strength and dimensions as shall
    be satisfactory to the Building Surveyor upon special
    application in each case, or, in case of appeal, to the
    Borough Council.

STOVES.

27. Every detached stove, set or fixed in any
    building, shall be fixed subject to the requirements
    for furnaces, &c., contained in section 25 of these
    Regulations, with the stove-pipe leading into a brick
    or stone flue.

ALTERATIONS TO FLUES.

28. No chimney shaft, jamb, breast, or flue already
    built, or hereafter to be built, shall be cut into for
    any purpose whatever, without the consent of the
    Building Surveyor having been first obtained for the
    proposed alterations.

ROOF COVERINGS.

29. The external parts of any roof, flat, or gutter
    of any building hereafter to be built, and the ex-
    ternal parts of every turret, dormer, lantern-light,
    or other erection on the roof or flat of such building,
    must be covered with slates, tiles, or metal, glass,
    artificial stone, or cement, except the door-frames
    and doors, window-frames and sashes of such turrets,
    dormers, lantern-lights, or other erections, which may
    be made of such wood as shall be necessary.

30. If the external parts of any roof, flat, or gut-
    ter of any building already built, or the external parts
    of any turret, dormer, lantern-light, or other erection
    on the roof or flat of such building, be re-built,
    stripped, ripped, or uncovered, then every such part
    (except the door-frames and doors, window-frames
    and sashes of such turrets, dormers, lantern-lights,
    or other erections) must be covered with slates, tiles,
    or metal, glass, artificial stone, or cement; and such
    excepted parts may be made of such wood as may be
    necessary.

GUTTERS.

31. The roofs, flats, and gutters of every building,
    and of any projection therefrom, must be so arranged
    and constructed, and so supplied with gutters and
    pipes, as to prevent the water therefrom from drop-
    ping on to or running over any public way, and all
    such rain-water pipes and eaves gutters are to be
    made of metal,

OPENINGS IN FOOTPATHS.

32. With regard to the lowermost rooms of houses,
    being rooms of which the surface of the floor is more
    than 3 feet below the surface of the footway, and to
    cellars, or buildings hereafter to be built or re-built, if
    any such rooms or cellar cannot be otherwise lighted,
    the same may be lighted by means of apertures or
    areas extending under the footways, provided such
    areas or apertures be enclosed by solid masonry,
    to the satisfaction of the Building Surveyor,
    and provided with a horizontal iron grating level
    with the surface of such footway: provided also
    that the grating be not longer than 4 feet, nor wider
    than 18 inches beyond the building line of the street,
    with the bars not more than one inch apart, and of
    dimensions approved by the Building Surveyor. And
    with regard to access to cellars from the street, the
    same may be entered from the street, provided that
    one aperture or area only to each building be con-
    structed as above described for lighting apertures,
    not exceeding 5 feet in length, nor wider than 4 feet
    beyond the building line of the street: all such
    entrance openings are to be covered level with the
    surface of the footway with strong hard wood close
    covers, having no projections of rings, hinges, or
    fastenings above the surface of the covers. In all
    cases the footpath is to be made good round any
    lighting or entrance aperture.

SHEDS, &C.

33. Nothing in these Regulations shall prevent any
    shed open on all sides without fireplaces, furnaces, or
    forges, and with supports to roof of wood, iron, brick,
    or stone, not exceeding 18 inches diameter, and roofed
    with iron or slates, from being erected adjacent to any
    building, provided that such shed is distant at least
    6 feet from any fence of wood or iron; but if either
    of the sides or part of any one or more of them be
    enclosed, the enclosing wall must be built of the
    materials and dimensions required for other buildings
    of the same height and similar situation. No wall
    already erected and made use of as an enclosing wall
    shall be used in any way as a supporting wall without
    the consent of the owner and Building Surveyor.

CONTRACTORS' SHEDS.

34. Nothing in these Regulations shall prevent any
    contractor's or builder's temporary office, shed, and
    workshops from being erected of wood or iron on any
    building site during such building operations, pro-
    vided that special application be made to, and per-
    mission be granted by, the Borough Council.

CLASSIFICATION OF BUILDINGS.

35. All buildings (except privies) now built, or
    hereafter to be built, shall belong to one or other of
    the five following classes, according to their cubical
    contents, whatever be the materials with which they
    are or may be constructed, and shall be rated ac-
    cordingly:—

FIRST CLASS.

Every building containing more than 100,000
cubic feet shall belong to the first class.

SECOND CLASS.

Every building containing more than 45,000
cubic feet, and not more than 100,000 cubic
feet, shall belong to the second class.

THIRD CLASS.

Every building containing more than 10,000
cubic feet, and not more than 45,000 cubic
feet, shall belong to the third class.

FOURTH CLASS.

Every building containing more than 5,000 cubic
feet, and not more than 10,000 cubic feet, shall
belong to the fourth class.