Explanation of flat types for Original Barbican
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 91 92 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
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Explanation of flat types for Frobisher Crescent
7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 7.11 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10
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Explanation of flat types for Blake Tower
Flat Types 42 45 46 47 48 49 50 52 54 60 61 65 66 67 70 71 72 76 77 78 82 84 88 93 100 102 108 137 Pen1 Pen 2
Flats LG21 LG22 LG11 LG12 LG13 1 2 3 11 12 13 14 21 22 23 24 25 31 32 33 34 35 41 42 43 44 45 51 52 53 54 55 61 62 63 64 65 71 72 73 74 75 81 82 83 84 91 92 93 94 101 102 103 104 111 112 113 114 121 122 123 124 131 132 133 134 141 142 143 151 152 153 161 162
Floors LG2 LG1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16-17
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“Where the term ‘maisonnette’ is used, this implies a dwelling on two levels connected by an internal private staircase; it is a form of planning which has many technical advantages as well as being popular with some tenants.”
Chamberlin, Powell & Bon, Architects, “Barbican Redevelopment” April 1959
North Barbican maisonettes
Ben Jonson House and Bunyan Court contain the North Barbican maisonettes. The are very similar. Both have maisonettes of Types M2A, M2B, M3D, M3E, and penthouse triplexes of Types M3A, M3B, M4A. Types M2A and M2B are the main maisonette types, and Types M3A and M3B are the main triplex penthouse types. (Ben Jonson has in addition two Type M2C maisonettes and two M3C triplex penthouses.)
Breton House has 12 one-bedroom penthouse maisonettes of Type P2A.
John Trundle Court and Bryer Court don’t have maisonettes.
All the flats on the 9th floor of Frobisher Crescent are penthouse maisonettes with at least one extra bedroom up internal stairs.
Towers
The towers each have three duplex or triplex penthouse maisonettes (Type 4A, 4B, 4C).
South Barbican maisonettes
Gilbert, Mountjoy and Seddon Houses have Type 35 and 36 duplex penthouses, taking up all most of the 6th and 7th floors. The ends are single level penthouses, except for Seddon House which has one Type 42 and one Type 43 duplex penthouse at the ends.
Willoughby House has a lot of different maisonettes – Types 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99. Types 90 and 91 are the basic one-bedroom types and Types 96 and 97 are the basic two-bedroom types; others are mainly variants of these. It has a lot of duplex penthouses too – Types 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115. The most frequently encountered duplexes are 110 (one-bedroom) and 109 ( two-bedrooms).
The four blocks round the gardens, facing east-west – Andrewes, Defoe, Speed and Thomas More Houses – don’t have maisonettes. The exception: Speed House has nine Type 84 sub-podium (or garden) maisonettes.)
The correct spelling is ‘Maisonnette’ – that’s how Chamberlin, Powell & Bon, the Barbican’s architects, spelt it in their reports – but the second ‘n’ has generally fallen out of use.