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And now to the layout...
The extreme door to the left and the window
above, are missing from this build due to space
constraints, so this leaves the main shop door in
the middle with windows for displays either side,
and the right hand door for staff entry and non
customer uses. Externally, the rear wall is brick,
render to the east wall and dressed stone and
straw brick to the front elevation. All of these
faces will be replicated in this build using my own
techniques with some commercial products as
required for speed.
Internally, the main sales floor area on the ground floor is divided up
into two. The right hand door on the front of the building is to be for
the use of staff and some deliveries.
A rear door in this
`stockroom` is provided
for the raw materials and
there is a goods lift in the
corner with access to all
three floors. It is only in
these modern times that
we see deliveries being
taken at the front door.
Tut !.
The main front door is of course for the use of customers which upon entry, are greeted by a grand staircase
which snakes up the left hand wall to the first floor using two quarter turn landings.
The ceiling is vaulted and supported by columns
and piers. On this ground floor there is to be the
two window displays, a large shelving unit on the
back wall on the right for shirts and ties, a service
counter under the stairs, plus some other display
units to be decided.
The walls on all three floors are to be paneled to
waist height, stained to match a dark timber such
as Oak or Walnut on the ground and first floors,
and plain painted white on the top floor which is
the cutting room.
The extreme door to the left and the window
above, are missing from this build due to space
constraints, so this leaves the main shop door in
the middle with windows for displays either side,
and the right hand door for staff entry and non
customer uses. Externally, the rear wall is brick,
render to the east wall and dressed stone and
straw brick to the front elevation. All of these
faces will be replicated in this build using my own
techniques with some commercial products as
required for speed.
Internally, the main sales floor area on the ground floor is divided up
into two. The right hand door on the front of the building is to be for
the use of staff and some deliveries.
A rear door in this
`stockroom` is provided
for the raw materials and
there is a goods lift in the
corner with access to all
three floors. It is only in
these modern times that
we see deliveries being
taken at the front door.
Tut !.
The main front door is of course for the use of customers which upon entry, are greeted by a grand staircase
which snakes up the left hand wall to the first floor using two quarter turn landings.
The ceiling is vaulted and supported by columns
and piers. On this ground floor there is to be the
two window displays, a large shelving unit on the
back wall on the right for shirts and ties, a service
counter under the stairs, plus some other display
units to be decided.
The walls on all three floors are to be paneled to
waist height, stained to match a dark timber such
as Oak or Walnut on the ground and first floors,
and plain painted white on the top floor which is
the cutting room.
