PREFACE EXPLANATORY OF THE DESIGNS REGISTERED UNDER THE TITLE B. FLETCHER'S MODEL DWELLINGS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSES EXPLANATORY OF TWO MORE DESIGNS REGISTERED UNDER THE TITLE a PAGE V 5 31 SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CONVERSION OF THREE NARROW-FRONTED TENEMENTS INTO TWO DOUBLE-FLAT HOMES, YIELDING AN IM- PROVED RENTAL EXPLANATORY OF THE COST OF BUILDINGS ACTUALLY ERECTED, AND COMPARISON WITH OTHER BUILDINGS-COST OF ADAPTATION OF ADVANTAGES THAT WOULD ACCRUE FROM THE LEGISLATURE DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT-SKETCH OF THE ACT OF PARLIAMENT RE- QUIRED, GIVING THE LEADING PROVISIONS NECESSARY-NOVEL PLATE I. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THREE-ROOMED HOMES To face title page II. PLAN: MARK STREET, FINSBURY-PLAN: LUMSDEN III. PLAN OF GROUND FLOOR OF THREE-ROOMED HOMES IV. PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR V. SECTIONS VI. PLAN AND ELEVATION OF Two-ROOMED HOMES VII. PLAN AND ELEVATION OF TWO-ROOMED HOMES, VIII. PLAN AND ELEVATION OF TWO-ROOMED HOMES, IX. FOUR PLANS OF REGISTERED DESIGN A. X. FOUR PLANS OF REGISTERED DESIGN B XI. FOUR PLANS OF REGISTERED DESIGN C. XII. FOUR PLANS OF REGISTERED DESIGN D. XIII. THREE-INTO-TWO ADAPTATION: PLAN OF GROUND FLOOR-PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR-ELEVATION FOR THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSES. CHAPTER I. REVIEW OF THE EXISTING HOMES OF THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSES AND THEIR DEFECTS. It is clearly necessary, in putting before the reader a new design for an old purpose, to point out wherein the existing methods are found to fail. In doing this I would desire, as much as possible to avoid saying one word that might in any way annoy my professional brethren, or those gloriously benevolent people whose names alone would render this century and this country conspicuous in the annals of history for deeds of princely benevolence; but if I point out errors in the past it must be remembered I do so in the hope that it may lead to their avoidance in future buildings, and that they may not be perpetuated, as for example that objectionable feature of the external staircase has almost invariably been since 1851. B |