Type 2A Barbican Estate flats

ORIGINAL BARBICAN ESTATE

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

FROBISHER CRESCENT

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

BLAKE TOWER

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

Type 2A is a three-bedroom Barbican flat type for many flats on the upper floors of Cromwell Tower and Lauderdale Tower in the Barbican Estate. Types 1A, 1B and 1C are the most frequently encountered flat types in these two blocks, but mainly on the lower floors. Types 2A, 2B and 2C flats replace them on 5 upper floors of Cromwell Tower and 8 upper floors of Lauderdale Tower.

Type 2A has an enlarged living room, a breakfast room, three bedrooms, (4/5 rooms) a kitchen, a utility room, a bathroom with WC, and a shower room with WC.

What distinguishes Type 2A from Type 1A is that the living room and the dining room of the Type 1A layout have been combined into one larger living area in the Type 2A layout.

(In fact, what distinguishes all Type ‘A’s from ‘B’s and ‘C’s – is that there is not enough space between the kitchen and the balcony for a room big enough to be called a dining room . So in the ‘A’s the smaller space is called a breakfast area.)

The angle at which Type 2C cuts across the end of a Type 2A means that the the main bedroom is squeezed into a triangle shape.

In Cromwell Tower the ‘2A’ flats have rooms along the east-facing side, and balconies looking north. In Lauderdale Tower they have rooms along the west-facing side, and balconies looking north.

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Please note. These plans are illustrations and approximations only. They illustrate types of flats as built. They don’t show the actual demise, size, layout or dimensions of any particular flat. Individual flats may differ, or have been altered.