Identifier: gardencitiesinth01senn (find matches)
Title: Garden cities in theory and practice; being an amplification of a paper on the potentialities of applied science in a garden city, read before Section F of the British Association
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Sennett, Alfred Richard
Subjects: Garden cities
Publisher: London, Bemrose
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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tower. The lounge (32 feet by 20 feet)extends from the ground floor up to the roof, and has a chimneypiecethe whole height to the gallery screen at one end, and a mullionedrecessed window the whole height to the roof at the other end. Theboudoir (20 feet by 16 feet) has two mullioned windows and an ingle-nook fireplace. The salon (25 feet by 20 feet) has a large oriel windowand a flat one. «„ ***** j m; 330 D Description of First-floor Plan. K. Half-landing.L. Arboretum. M. Continuation of main staircase leading to gallery,n, n. n. Galleries,P. Service landing.Q. Doorways and bridge leading from bedroom to bathroom —w.c. in tower.E. Bathroom. The service-lift and staircase continue up to the roof. The arrange-ment of kitchen, etc., upon the roof will be seen in the birds-eye viewof grand promenade (p. 200 B). In cases where the billiard-room is onthe roof the staircase (M) also continues up to the roof. The size andshape of the bedrooms are precisely as the reception-rooms. 330 E
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STAIRCASES 331 case, which would be built absolutely fireproof , con-tinues up to the culinary department, whilst the grand staircase would only be continued upbeyond the bedroom floor in the case of the billiard-room being upon the roof, an excellent position forit for many reasons. The table could there belighted by a skylight, the position being a veryhealthy one, whilst in cases where ladies object tosmoking, the smell of tobacco would be preventedfrom entering the house. A more sociable—at thesame time more economical -arrangement would beto place the billiard-table in the lounge, where itwould also be lighted by the skylight. Having referred to the material of the exteriorface of the walls, it might be added that in regardto interior walls great changes have taken place,during the last score of years, as to the mode oftreating them. A number of new types of wall excluded; but after meals this door would be opened, as wouldalso a corresponding door upon the roof in fine weather

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