Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854

Party Walls to be carried up through the Roof.

XLIII. The Party Walls of all Buildings erected after the Adoption of this Act by any Town shall be carried through and above the Roof, to form a Parapet of not less than Twelve Inches in Height, measured at Right Angles with the Slope of the Roof, above the Covering of the Roof of the highest Building to which such Party Walls belong; and every Person who shall erect any Building contrary to the Provision herein contained, and who shall not alter the same within One Month after Notice given to him for that Purpose by the Commissioners, shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Shillings for every Day that such Building shall so continue.

And with respect to supplying Buildings with fresh Air, be it enacted as follows: