The Division of the first Place, from twenty feet of breadth unto thirty, and upon the same depth, of sixty one feet and a half.
THe greatness of this Ground plot giveth us the advantages which we could not have in the foregoing; it is therefore that its Division is much different from the other, and we may have two Courts instead of one, and a Stair-case with two bottoms, and the Passage placed in the middest, or in the corner, at our own choice; whereas in the former Buildings it was necessarily driven into the corner. The Passage then is appointed in the middest of the breadth of the Edifice of four feet in breadth, having on the one side the Kitchen and Stairs, and on the other the Buttery.
The Kitchen as also the Buttery shall have in breadth eight feet upon ten of depth; the Court shall have thirteen feet of breadth upon nineteen of depth; and the rest of the breadth, which is seven feet, shall remain for the breadth of the Stairs, containing also the thickness of the wall. From the Court they go up two steps to enter into the Hall, which shall have twenty feet of breadth upon eighteen feet of depth, and the rest of the depth (which is ten feet) shall be employed in a little Court behind, and in a Closet at one of the corners of the Hall, which shall have six feet of breadth upon the same depth of the Court.
For the story above of the body of the Building before, you shall have the Chamber and Stairs on the one side, and the Wardrobe on the other; the Chamber shall have thirteen feet of breadth upon ten of depth, and the Wardrobe seven feet of breadth upon the same depth; and in one of the corners of the Chamber, between the Chamber and the Steps, shall be the Privy; for the body of the Building behind the Chamber shall have thirteen feet of breadth upon eighteen of depth, the Wardrobe seven feet of breadth upon fifteen of depth; the Closet above shall be like to that below.
This Division may be changed without altering any of the Measures. First, by leaving the Passage in the middle where it is, the which may be done two ways; that is, by transposing the Kitchen and the Buttery from one hand to the other, and not removing the Stairs from their place, or else by making the same change, and transposing also the Stairs. And this seemeth to be more convenient, because that the Kitchen, the Stairs, and the Entry of the Hall, being on the same side, the service will be made under covert. Secondly, the change may be made by taking away the Passage from the middle, for to place it at one of the ends; the which doing, you shall place the Kitchen and the Buttery one against the other, and you may enlarge the Kitchen unto ten and twelve feet, which you shall gain upon the Buttery, which hath no need of so great a breadth; the which doing, you have the choice of placing either the Passage or the Kitchen on the side of the Stairs, according as you shall find the one more fitting then the other.
This Division may also be changed four ways, according to the Designs set forth by the Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6, by separa∣ting the augmentation of the place, as well in breadth as in depth, to each room or appartment, as it shall be found most convenient.
And from the breadth of twenty feet unto thirty you can change nothing in that Form; but you may well allow seven or eight feet of breadth to your Stairs, and the rest to the Hall and other parts: and whenas your breadth shall exceed twen∣ty four feet, you must change the situation of your Beams from the breadth into the depth; for the depth receiveth no other changing then that which is mentioned here above. And the same breadth remaining as above, if the depth exceed∣ed not fifty eight feet, then we should not speak any more of making two Courts, but the Division might be made in one of the two manners following.
The height of the first and second story of the body of the Building on the fore part shall have nine feet under the Joysts, which will be nine feet eight inches, comprehending the thickness of the Joysts and Plancher: they shall ascend thither by twenty one steps, and therefore the height of each shall be of five inches, six parts, and one third of a part.
From the floor of the Court they shall go up by two steps to enter into the Hall of the chief body of the Building, which is behind, the which Hall shall have in height from the Floor to under the Joysts eleven feet eight inches, which will be comprehending the thickness of the Joysts and Plancher, eleven feet eight inches. And because that the steps have five in∣ches, six parts, and a third of height, there will be need of twenty six, whereof nineteed being on the Stairs, there will re∣main seven steps, which shall be taken within the Turning thereof, which is upon the Court.
The second story of the chief body of the Building shall have ten feet under the Joysts, and eight inches of the thickness of the plancher, comprehending the Joysts, and therefore shall ascend by twenty threesteps of five inches and a half apiece.
The third story shall have nine feet eight inches, containing the thickness of the plancher, and therefore they shall go up hitther by twenty and one steps, of five inches and an half apiece.
Above may be Granaries, or Chambers in Garrets, from seven to eight feet high under the Joysts.