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The Elevation of the body of the Building on the Front, which looketh to the street, of the Ninth Place, distributed according to the second Manner.
THe Body of the Building on the Front hath the same levell with that of the Court. It shall have of height from the floor or level unto under the joysts nineteen feet, the which height shall be divided a∣bove the Kitchen and the Stable, by an Enter-joyst or Girder, which shall have ten feet under the joysts, from the floor, which shall be with the thickness of the joysts and plancher, ten feet nine inches at the Enter-joyst or Girder, above the Stable, they shall ascend by fifeeen steps, which shall have eight inches, and seven parts of height each of them. The rest of the height from the plancher of the Enter-Girder, unto that of the first story under the joysts, shall be eight feet three inches, and con∣taining the thickness of the joysts and plancher nine feet, to the which height they shall ascend by thirteen steps, which shall have of height eight inches and four parts each of them. To the Enter-joyst or Girder above the Kitchen, they shall ascend by three steps, which shall be in the Court of six inches each of them. For to come to the floor of the bottom of the principal Stair-case, and to the turning thereof on the side of the Court, shall be taken seven steps of six inches apiece. For to come upon the bottom of the Stair-case joyning to the Hall, and within the other turning against the Wall, shall be taken fifteen steps, of five inches eleven parts apiece, which shall ascend to the height of seven feet four inches and an half; which being added with the five feet, unto which the steps of the Court do ascend, and of the other turning, there will be twelve feet four inches and an half. But to ascend to the Enter-joyst we had but ten feet nine inches; wherefore they must descend unto the said Enter-joyst two feet four inches and three parts, by the means of four steps, which shall be taken above the Buttery.
The Floor of the body of the Building behinde shall have five feet above the level of the Court, by reason of Cellars or necessary Rooms which shall be underneath: and to this height they shall ascend by the three steps mentioned above in the Court, and by the seven of the turning of the stair-case, as it hath been said hereabove.
The first story of the body of the Building behind, shall have from the Floor to under the Joysts, fourteen feet, and con∣taining the thickness of the Joysts and the Plancher, fourteen feet nine inches: to the which they shall ascend by thirty steps, having five inches eleven parts of height, each of them: the which shall be divided by the half upon each Turning, and in this Manner the chief stair-case shall afford communication to the principal Body of the Building, and to the Enter-Joyst of that on the fore-part. But it shall not afford it to the first story on the fore-part, and nevertheless the smaller stairs doth afford it to the one and the other, forasmuch as the two bodies of the Building before and behind are of one levell.
But if one would have Communication of the one body of the Building with the other, as well by great stairs, as by the small, from the levell of the Hall they should go up to the second story, by twenty five steps, adding thereto five steps upon each Turning, and each of them should have seven inches and one part of height; and for the second story which hath twelve feet nine inches, containing the thickness of the Joysts and Plancher, to the which they shall ascend by twenty five steps, of six inches and one part of height, each of them. But in this manner the great stair-case shall not have any communication with the Enter-Joyst above the Kitchen, the which hath not any also by the lesser stairs, and by this means the said Enter-Joyst would remain wholly unuseful: therefore to make it useful we must take its communication by the lesser stairs, by the means of the Enter-Joyst above the Stable, by passing over the Gate, the which hath thirteen feet of height, and with the thickness of the Joyst and Plancher, thirteen feet nine inches, and by consequence three feet above the floor of the Enter-Joyst: we must therefore use steps coming to this height in the one and the other Enter-Joyst the one to ascend, and the other to descend.
The second story, shall have of height twelve feet, under the Joysts, and containing the thickness of the Joyst and Plan∣cher, twelve feet nine inches, to the which they shall ascend by twenty two steps in two Revolutions, and therefore every step shall have seven inches and one part.
The third story shall be in Garrets, and shall have of height containing the thickness of the Joysts and Plancher, ten feet nine inches, to the which they shall ascend by one Revolution, by sixteen steps of eight inches four parts each of them.