Rebuilding of London Act 1666

XL. Lord Mayor, &c. may open Water Lane, and Streets herein mentioned.

Satisfaction to Proprietors of Ground, &c.

[X1 Provided alsoe And it is hereby further enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid that the Lord Maior and Aldermen of London may and shall open and inlarge a Streete or passage called Water Lane leading from Fleete streete to White Fryars Docke by the River of Thames, as alsoe open and inlarge a Streete or passage to the said River from Cheapeside through Soper Lane to Thames Streete and from the Three Cranes to the Thames, And open and inlarge one other Streete or passage through Minceing Lane by Saint Dunstons in the East to Thames Streete neere the Custome house And to make the said Streetes or passages twenty fower foote in breadth for the conveniency of Trade and better passage of Carts and other carriages to and from the said River giveing notice of what they shall herein resolve to the proprietors and persons concerned before the last day of May which shall be in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty seaven and giveing them satisfaction for their ground according to the Rules and Directions of this Act for the inlarging of other Streetes and places.]

[A SCHEME of Proportions and Scantlings for Stories Walls and Timbers for the building of lesser and larger Houses within the Citty of London.

Bricke.	Division of Story		Height of Story		Thicknes of Walls	Bricks		Bricks
			Foote
First sort being the least Houses fronting By Streets and Lanes	Cellars		6½		To the First Floore	2		1½
	1 Story		9		2d	1½		1½
	2 Story		9	3d	1½		1½
	Garrets					1		1
Second sorte Houses fronting all Streets Lanes of Note and River of Thames.	Cellars	6½		To the First Floore	2½		2
	1 Story	Not lesse [X2 inX3 height cleare then]	10	Thicknes of Walls in Front and Reere from the Foundation	2d	2	Thicknes of Walls betweene House and House	1½
	2 Story	Where ye	10	3d	2	1½
	3 Story	Springs pp[re]vent not	9		4th	1½		1½
	Garrets					1		1
Third sort Houses fronting all High Streets and Lanes of Note	1 Story		10		1st	2½		2
	2 Story		10½		2d	1½		1½
	3 Story		9		3d	1½		1½
	4 Story		8½		4th	1½		1½
	Garrets					1		1

Scantlings of Timber for the first sort of Houses.

		Foote	Inches		Inches	Length Foote	Thicknes		Depth
For the Floors	Summers under	15	12	and	8	Joysts to 10	3	and	7 Inches
	Wall plates		7	and	5	Garret Floores	3	and	6
		Foote
For the Roofe	Principall Rafters under	15	at foote	8	6 Inches
			at top	5
	Single Rafters	4	and 3 Inches.

Scantlings of Timber for the other two sortes of Houses.

For the Floors		Foote		Foote	Breadth Inches		Depth Inches		Thicknes Inches	Depth Inches
	Summers or Girders which beare in length from	10	to	15	11	and	8	Joysts which beare 10 Foote	3	6
		15		18	13		9		3	7
		18		21	14		10		3	7
		21		24	16		12		3	8
		24		26	17		14		3	8
					Inches		Inches
	Principall Discharges upon Peeres				13	and	12
	In the first Story in the Fronts				15		13
					Inches.
	Binding Joysts with their Triming Joysts				5			depth equall to their owne Floores
					Inches		Inches
	Wall plates or raiseing Pieces and Beames				10	and	6
					8		6
					7		5
					Inches.		Inches
	Lintells of Oake in the	1st and 2d story			8	and	6
		3d story			5		4

For the Roofe			Length				Thickness
		Foote		Foote		Inches		Inches
	Principall Rafters from	15	to	18	at foote	9		7
					at topp	7
		18		21	at foote	10		8
					at topp	8
		21		24	at foote	12		8½
					at topp	9
		24		26	at foote	13		9
					at topp	9
			Length
		Foote		Foote		Inches		Inches
	Purlines from	15	to	18		9		8
		18		21		12		9
					Foote	Inches		Inches
	Single Rafters		not exceeding in length		9	5		4
			not exceeding in length		6	4		3½

Scantlings for Sawed Timber and Lathes usually brought out of the West Country not lesse then

	Foote	Breadth Inches	Thickness Inch
Single Quarters in length	8	3½	1¾
Double Quarters in length	8	4	3½
Sawed Jousts in length	8	6	4
Lathes in length	5	1¼	1 quarter & ½ of Inch
	4				Inches
Stone Where Stone is used to keepe to these Scantlings.	First sort of Houses	Corner Peeres			18 square
		Middle or single Peeres			14 and 12
		Double Peeres betweene House & House			14 and 18
		Doore jambes and Heads			12 and 8
				Foote	Inches
	2d and 3d sorts	Corner Peers		2	6 square
		Midle or single Peeres			18 square
		Double Peeres betweene House and House			24 and 18
		[X4 Doores]Jams and Heads			14 and 10
	Foote		Thickness
Scantlings for Sewers	3 wide	Side walls	1 brickeX5	Bottome paved plaine and then 1 bricke and edge circular.
	5 high	Arch	1 bricke on end

Editorial Information

X1 annexed to the Original Act in a separate Schedule.

X2 annexed to the Original Act in a separate Schedule.

X3 interlined on the Roll.

X4 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Doore O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]

X5 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: ½ O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]