Improvements in Planning Dwelling-houses.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 5th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 9th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Planning Dwelling-houses.
GEORGE LAURENCE Architectural Expert 48 Westcroft Square W. I do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A saving in the frontage measurement required for dwelling-houses effected by
an entirely new method of planning whereby it is so arranged & contrived by the
intersection & concentration of space that a greater number & larger roomed
houses can be erected in a less or given frontage than is ordinarily required for
dwelling-houses otherwise planned & commonly built. The plans of the houses
are arranged with the stairs both lengthwise & crosswise & with basement or ground
floor kitchens & for two or more reception rooms & from three to nine bedrooms,.
bath-rooms & the usual offices.
The economy in the frontage is effected as follows: By reducing the frontage of
two houses the width of one front room say from 12 ft. to 15 ft. & the two stair--
cases & passage from the side of the back room which are about equal to the 12 ft.
to 15 ft. taken from the front then by arranging the stairs & entrance at each side
of the front room or crosswise of the dwelling rooms a very considerable saving is
effected by this arrangement in the frontage measurement.
The rooms or space
taken from the front is added on the top at the front or back of the dwelling. Thus
the number of rooms & the superficial area is the same & the construction more
solid the space is concentrated & larger rooms can be obtained by intersection
which this system of planning facilitates & four compact more substantially
constructed & larger roomed houses can be erected in a given frontage than is
ordinarily required for three dwelling-houses of the same class by any other
method or arrangement of planning.
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G. LAURENCE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Planning Dwelling-houses.
GEORGE LAURENCE Architectural Expert 48 Westcroft Square London W..
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The method of planning enables a larger or smaller house to be built conjointly..
The intersection of the fronts renders a smaller class of house eligible for a very
superior building site as the houses merge into each other & so enhance the front
elevation.
The houses may be built detached or continuous with entrances at side front &
rear with separate or joint staircases; each alternate flight of stairs being made
to pass over the flight below of the adjoining stairs saving the usual space required
for return flights; all intercommunication between the dwellings can be entirely
separate.
The method of intersection can be adapted to the planning of cottages, flats,.
basement & ground floor houses.

page_text: Fig. 1. shows the ground floor plan of two basement dwellings, the separate
houses are also distinguished by the shaded and unshaded portions lettered A & B.
in Figs. 1. 2. 3. 4 & 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. A new method of planning & conjoining dwelling-houses, with distinct &
separate entrances & staircases.
2. Intersection of frontages, rooms & staircases & reduction of frontages.
3. That the frontage space & rooms are capable of being concentrated divided
or made reversible; this is not applicable or can it be effected by plans of usual
ordinary or other designs.
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