Barbican Living
Barretts Solicitors' guide to the Barbican Estate. You should use us. We really know the Barbican.
The Flats
Flat Plans
Tower block flat plans
1A - 4C
1A
1B
1C
2A
2B
2C
3A
3B
3C
4A
4B
4C
5A - 9C
5A
6B
7C
8A
8B
8C
9A
9B
9C
Terrace block flat plans
10 - 20
10
12
13
14
16
19
20
21 - 30
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31 - 40
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41 - 50
41
42
43
44
45
46
49
50
51 - 60
51
52
53
54
56
57
58
60
61 - 80
61
63/64
67/68
70
71
72
73
74
76
78
79
80
81 - 90
81
84
85
86
90
91 - 100
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101 - 110
101
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111 - 121
111
112
113
114
115
118
119
120
121
F1A - F3C
F1A
F1D
F1E
F2A
F2B
F2C
F3C
M2A - M4A
M2A
M2B
M2C
M3A
M3B
M3C
M3D
M3E
M4A
P1D - P2B
P1D
P2A
P2B
Categories of flats
Regular flats
Garden (sub podium) flats
Penthouse flats
Studio flats
Maisonettes
'Types' of flats
Understanding 'types'
By buildings
By numerical order
By number of rooms
Flat Features
Kitchens
Bathrooms
Balconies
Doors
Storage
Windows
Barbican hand basin
Entry phone
Flat Services
Electrics
Water
Ventilation
Rubbish
Garchey
Heating
Television
Lifts
Staff
Flat Other Things
Service charges
Lease
Insurance
Service level agreements
Car parking
Baggage stores
Bicycles
Altering your flat
Alterations generally
Listed building consent
Salvage store
Repairs
FAQs for alterations
Service charge
The Blocks
Map
Blocks A-C
Andrewes House
Andrewes House generally
Description of Andrewes House
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Andrewes House
Life of Lancelot Andrewes
Ben Jonson House
Ben Jonson House generally
Description of Ben Jonson House
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Ben Jonson House
Life of Ben Jonson
Brandon Mews
Brandon Mews generally
Description of Brandon Mews
Different types of houses
House plans for Brandon Mews
Life of Robert Brandon
Breton House
Breton House generally
Description of Breton House
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Breton House
Life of Nicholas Breton
Bryer Court
Bryer Court generally
Description of Bryer Court
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Bryer Court
W Bryer & Sons
Bunyan Court
Bunyan Court generally
Description of Bunyan Court
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Bunyan Court
Life of John Bunyan
Cromwell Tower
Cromwell Tower generally
Description of Cromwell Tower
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Cromwell Tower
Life of Oliver Cromwell
Blocks D-M
Defoe House
Defoe House generally
Description of Defoe House
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Defoe House
Life of Daniel Defoe
Frobisher Crescent
Frobisher Crescent
Description of Frobisher Crescent
Frobisher Crescent born at last
Flat types
Why buy these flats?
Are the developers any good?
Sir Martin Frobisher
Gilbert House
Gilbert House generally
Description of Gilbert House
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Gilbert House
Life of Sir Humphrey Gilbert
John Trundle Court
John Trundle Court generally
Description of John Trundle Court
The different types of flats
Flat plans for John Trundle Court
Life of John Trundle
Lambert Jones Mews
Lambert Jones Mews generally
Description of Lambert Jones Mews
The different types of houses
Flat plans for Lambert Jones Mews
Life of Richard Lambert Jones
Lauderdale Tower
Lauderdale Tower generally
Description of Lauderdale Tower
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Lauderdale Tower
The Earls of Lauderdale
Milton Court
Mountjoy House
Mountjoy House generally
Description of Mountjoy House
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Mountjoy House
The Mountjoys
Blocks P-W
Postern
Postern generally
Description of Postern
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Postern
The Postern
Seddon House
Seddon House generally
Description of Seddon House
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Seddon House
Life of George Seddon
Shakespeare Tower
Shakespeare Tower generally
Description of Shakespeare Tower
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Shakespeare Tower
Life of William Shakespeare
Speed House
Speed House generally
Description of Speed House
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Speed House
Life of John Speed
Thomas More House
Thomas More House generally
Description of Thomas More House
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Thomas More House
Life of Sir Thomas More
Wallside
Wallside generally
Description of Wallside
The different types of houses
House plans for Wallside
The Wall
Willoughby House
Willoughby House generally
Description of Willoughby House
The different types of flats
Flat plans for Willoughby House
The Willoughbys
The Estate
Great place to live
How it's all run
Barbican Estate Office
Grand plan
The 1959 grand plan
Why a residential estate?
Venice and the Podia
Imitation of London squares
Space
The bridge across the lake
Rounded forms
The concrete finish
The mix of flats
Flat design
Quiet
Garages
Roads
Shops
Verdict
Architects
Chamberlin, Powell & Bon
Peter Chamberlin
Christof Bon
Geoffry Powell
The Barbican commission
Construction
The site
The City walls
Railway cutting
Sewers
Building on stilts
Foundations
Structure
Hammered and brushed finish
Bricks and tiles
Earlier schemes
The 1955 Scheme
Glass Pyramids (the 1956 Scheme)
Venice in concrete (the 1959 Scheme)
Changes from the 1959 scheme
Tower blocks
The three towers
Victorian factory chimneys
Flat design
Zig-zag drains
Balconies
Service hatches
Terrace blocks
Terrace blocks
Creating space with columns
Defining space with blocks
Front-to-back terrace blocks
Side-to-side blocks
The up-and-over block Willoughby House
Room layouts
Podium
'Podium' - What a podium is
North and South Barbican
The importance of the bricks
'Boat edge' balustrades
Other features
Gardens
Gardens
Thomas More Garden
Speed Garden
Beech Garden
Podium beds
Trees in tubs
Flowers in tubs
Concrete containers
City Wall area
The Wild Garden
Barber Surgeons' Herb Garden
Odd gardens
Lakes
Original plans
The water
The waterfall
Fountains
Igloos
Plant life
The fish
The birds
Bryer Court lake
Maintenance
Garchey
The Garchey story
The Garchey system
Golden Lane Estate
The blocks of flats
Basterfield House
Bayer House
Bowater House
Crescent House
Cullum Welch House
Cuthbert Harrowing House
Great Arthur House
Hatfield House
Stanley Cohen House
Description of the estate
Construction of the estate
Car parking
History of the estate
Poem
The Life
What's going on
Restaurants etc
Exploring
Life and Talk
Neighbours
Barbican Arts Centre
St Giles Cripplegate
St Giles' Terrace
Girls School
Guildhall School of Music
Barbican YMCA
Museum of London
Ironmongers Hall
Barber Surgeons Hall
Wildlife
Biodiversity in the Barbican
Barbican animal life
Barbican bird life
The History
Since the Romans
The Romans
The Anglo-Saxons
The Middle Ages
A new Athens
A new Sodom and Gomorrah
Bedlam and the 18th century
19th and 20th centuries
Modernism
Modernism
After Modernism
Le Courbusier
Walter Gropius
Mies Van der Rohe
'Barbican' name
St Giles Church
Barbican estate
Barbican after the War
Eric Wilkins, father of the Barbican
Chamberlin Powell & Bon's early plans
Residential is still touch and go
The planning application goes in
The 1959 plan
The Barbican estate is built
Smithfield
City of London
The early City of London
Rise of the City of London
Dick Whittington and other Lord Mayors
Livery companies
Concrete
Invention of concrete
Reinvention of concrete
Modern concrete
Cripplegate
Buying and Selling
A great place to live
Why you need us
How to choose a flat
Our website on buying
Our website on selling
Complexities
FAQs
Past alterations
Crime
Crossrail
About Us
Free book
How we can be useful to you
Contact Us
Life in the Barbican Estate
Representation of a tower kitchen.
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