1A 1B 1C 2A 2B 2C 3A 3B 3C 4A 4B 4C 5A 6B 7C 8A 8B 8C 9A 9B 9C 10 12 13 14 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 49 50 51 52 53 54 56 57 58 60 61 63/64 67/68 70 71 72 73 74 76 78 79 80 81 84 85 86 90 9192 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 118 119 120 121 F1A F1D F1E F2A F2B F2C F3C M2A M2B M2C M3A M3B M3C M3D M3E M4A P1D P2A P2B Other ways of looking

2,014 flats were originally built in the Barbican, and there were over a 100 flat 'types' or layouts. Each 'type' was given a number by the City Corporation when the Barbican was built. Some types appear in large numbers in many buildings; some are found only once or twice. If you know the flat type, you know the flat! The name may be:

• a number - 'Type 19' or 'Type 58'. Sometimes an 'A' is added to show it's the basic model reversed mirror-fashion.
• a letter and numbers - 'F2C' or 'M3A' (God knows why!)
• a number and a letter - '2A', '2B', 2C' where 2 is the 'type' in a tower and A, B, C says which side of the tower it's on.

One type may be found in several buildings - 2A, B and C appear in Lauderdale and Cromwell Towers, but not in Shakespeare. Type 19 appears in Andrewes, Speed and Thomas More Houses. Each type has a plan and - with a few exceptions - we show you the plan. It probably sounds thoroughly confusing, but if you are looking for a Barbican flat to buy, the agents will talk about 'type this or that', as shorthand, and you'll soon get the hang of it and be doing the same.

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