Item 47 - Bricklayer's bill

1 item, paper

A bill for bricklayers' work done in the college between July 1782 and March 1783, divided up into sections. For work done to the Master's Lodge and gardens in opening a cesspool and making a 'dorm' and Vault, including: labour costs (various); 20 bushels of lime (11s 8d); 1 load of sand (2s); 16 bushels of 'grinder[?] dust' for the Master's yard (2s); bricks (£2 9s 6d); 2 bundles of fir lath and nails (6s); 16 bushels of hair (9s 4d); 5 'hods' of brick morter (1s 8d). For 'worke done to the kitchen coper[copper]', including: labour costs; 5 hods of brick mortar (2s 2d); 60 bricks (1s 6d). For work done to the cloister court in making a drain and 'cleaning Rubish', including: labour costs; 'a jobb in Mr Corterbodies' staircase (1s). For work done to the buttress chimnies, including: labour costs; 24 bushels of lime (14s); 1 load of sand (2s); bricks (£2 5s); repairing the walls in the buttress and labour costs (£1 6s); 13 bushels of hair (7s 7d); tiles (4s 6d). For work done to the buttress and 'jobing' in College, including: 1 bundle of fir laths and nails (3s); bricks (5s). For work done on the wall near the kitchen, including: 1 'hod' of hair morter and 30 bricks (1s 3d); bricks (12s); 1 1/2 bundle of fir laths and nails (4s 6d); plastering a wall (1s 7d); 'a jobb in an Empty Room' (1s 6d). For repairing the tiling over 'the Gateway', including: labour costs; tiles (4s 6d); brick morter (2s 4d); hair morter (1s 6d); 30 bushels of lime (17s 6d); sand (4s). The total bill amounted to £22 5s 9d, and was signed by Margaret Forster.