Improvements in the Construction or Arrangement of Salutary Dwellings for Artisans.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Jan., 1893-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1893-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction or Arrangement of Salutary
Dwellings for Artisans.
We, THOMAS LIBERTY PITT, of No. 61, Fairfoot Road, Campbell Road,
Bromley-by-Bow, in the County of Middlesex, Plumber, and THOMAS DAVID
DE VOY of No. 36, Trinity Road, Beckenham, in the County of Kent, Builder, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in the construction or arrangement of
salutary dwellings for artisans.
For this purpose, we construct each house so as to contain two separate flats or
dwellings, one on the ground floor, and one above, and traversing the house from
front to back we arrange a passage out of which lead the sleeping and living rooms
which are provided respectively with windows at the back and front of the house.
Beyond the bedroom, which is situated at the back of the house, we build the
house of reduced width so as to allow of the necessary light to the bedroom window,
and, in this reduced portion, we arrange the kitchen and scullery into which the
passage leads.
At the front of the house we build a porch or projection which we provide, upor
the ground floor, with a street door common to both flats, and within this porch or
projection we arrange a spiral staircase which extends to the landing of the upper
flat, and we provide that end of the passage of each flat communicating with the
porch or staircase with a door to insure privacy.
Within the porch or projection both upon the ground floor and first floor landing
and in front of the staircase we provide a water-closet which is furnished with a
window opening into the street.
At the back of the house, a door is provided for each flat, that of the upper flat
being furnished with a staircase leading to the ground, each door communicating
with the scullery of its respective flat but being arranged out of vertical alignment
so as to provide for the staircase.
The houses are preferably built in pairs with their street doors adjoining, so that
one projection from the building forms the necessary two porches.
By these means, an outside staircase from the front of the house is rendered
unnecessary as by the employment of the porch and internal staircase, one street
door serves for both flats whilst by reason of the water-closets being built in the
porch and effectually shut off from their respective flats by the doors placed at the
commencement of the passages, a distinct advantage is gained from a sanitary point
of view, in addition to these advantages, the absence of the usual staircase from the
passage, allows of the rooms at the side of the latter being formed of a corre-
sponding size.
The floor of the upper flat is, by preference, constructed fire-proof at the back
and front of the house.
Dated this 1st day of April 1892
VAUGHAN. &. SON,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction or Arrangement of Salutary
Dwellings for Artisans.
We, THOMAS LIBERTY PITT, of No. 61, Fairfoot Road, Campbell Road,
Bromley-by-Bow, in the County of Middlesex, Plumber, and THOMAS DAVID
DE VOY, of No. 36, Trinity Road, Beckenham, in the County of Kent, Builder, 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 :-
Our said invention relates to improvements in the construction or arrangement
of salutary dwellings for artisans.
For this purpose, we construct each house so as to contain two separate flats or
dwellings, one on the ground floor, and one above, and traversing the house from.
front to back we arrange a passage out of which lead the sleeping and living rooms
which are provided respectively with windows at the back and front of the house.
Beyond the bedroom, which is situated at the back of the house, we build the
house of reduced width so as to allow of the necessary light to the bedroom window,
'and in this reduced portion we arrange the kitchen and scullery into which the
passage leads.
At the front of the house we build a porch or projection which we provide, upon
the ground floor, with a street door common to both flats, and within this porch or
projection we arrange a spiral staircase which extends to the landing of the upper
flat, and we provide that end of the passage of each flat communicating with the
porch or staircase with a door to ensure privacy.
Within the porch or projection both upon the ground floor and first floor landings
and in front of the staircase, we provide a water closet which is furnished with a
window opening into the street.
At the back of the house a glazed door is provided for each flat, that of the upper
flat being furnished with a staircase leading to the ground, each door communicating
with the scullery of its respective flat but being arranged out of vertical alignment
so as to provide for the staircase.
The houses are preferably built in pairs with their street doors adjoining, so
that one projection from the building forms the necessary two porches.
By these means, an outside staircase from the front of the house is rendered
unnecessary as by the employment of the porch and internal staircase, one street
door serves for both flats whilst by reason of the water closets being built in the
porch and effectually shut off from their respective flats by the doors placed at the
commencement of the passages, a distinct advantage is gained from a sanitary point
of view, in addition to these advantages, the absence of the usual staircase from
the passage, allows of the rooms at the side of the latter being formed of a corre-
sponding size:
The floor of the upper flat is, by preference, constructed fire-proof at the back
and front of the house.
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect we will proceed, aided by the accompanying drawings, more fully
to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1. is a front elevation representing two adjacent dwellings according to
our invention.
Figure 2. is a rear elevation thereof,
Figure 3. is a horizontal section taken on the line 1.-1. of Figure 1, and,

page_text: a. represents the outer walls of the houses and b. represents the parting or
division wall between the same, each of such houses being constructed to contain
two separate flats or dwellings, one c. on the ground floor, and one d. on the floor
above, and traversing the house from front to back upon each floor is arranged a
passage e. out of which passage lead the living room f, and the sleeping room g,
which are provided respectively with windows f, g', at the front and back of the
house.
Beyond the bedroom g. which is situated at the back of the house, the house is
built of reduced width so as to admit the necessary light to the bedroom window gl
and in this reduced portion is arranged the kitchen h. into which the passage e.
leads, and the scullery i. which communicates by a door with the kitchen h,
windows being provided respectively at the side and end of the rooms h. i.
At the front of the house is built a porch or projection j. extending from the
ground to the coping of the house, and upon the ground floor this porch j. is pro-
vided with a street door j' common to both flats c. and d. and within this porch or
projection j is arranged a spiral staircase which extends to the landing of the
upper flat d. and that end of the passage e. of each flat that communicates with the
porch j. and staircase is provided with a door e¹ to ensure privacy.
Within the porch or projection j. both
landings and in front of the staircase
furnished with a window opening into the
there is no street door a second window
window ³.
upon the ground floor and first floor.
is provided a water closet which is
street, whilst upon the first floor d, as
is provided located at the side of the
At the back of each house a glazed door is provided for each flat, that ¹ of
the upper flat being furnished with a staircase leading to the ground, whilst each
door communicates with the scullery i. of its respective flat, but these doors i¹ are
arranged out of vertical alignment, so as to provide for the staircase as shown
more particularly at Figure 2.
The houses are preferably built in pairs with their street doors j¹ adjoining, so
that one projection from the building forms the necessary two porches j.
By these means an outside staircase from the front of the house is rendered
unnecessary, as by the employment of the porch j. and internal staircase one
street door serves for both flats c. d. whilst by reason of the water closets being
built in the porch j. and effectually cut off from their respective flats by the doors e¹
placed at the commencement of the passage e. a distinct advantage is gained from
a sanitary point of view, and, in addition to these advantages, the absence of the
usual staircase from the passage e. allows of the rooms f. g. at the side of the latter
being formed of a corresponding or equal size.
The floor of the upper flat d. is, by preference, of fire proof construction and
this may extend over the entire floor, or, may be confined to the front and back of
the house.
The soil pipe 1. traverses the outside of the porch j. and at its upper end is open
to the atmosphere, whilst, at its lower end, it communicates with an inspection
chamber located in a convenient position and into which leads a pipe from the
sink and it is thus possible easily to remove any obstruction which may occur in
the drains.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is :-
1. In artisans dwellings, the combination of a separate flat upon each floor, a
projecting porch, a street door in such porch, a landing upon each floor, a passage
upon each floor communicating with the rooms and with the porch, and a spiral
staircase within the porch connecting the landings, substantially as herein shown
and described.
2. In artisans dwellings, the combination of a separate flat upon each floor, a
projecting porch, a street door in such porch, a landing upon each floor, a passage

page_text: upon each floor communicating, with the rooms and with the porch, a door at the
porch end of each passage, a spiral staircase within the porch connecting the
landings and a water closet at the side of the staircase, upon each landing sub-
stantially as herein shown and described.
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VAUGHAN. &. SON,
Agents for the Applicants.