July 6, 191 1] 



NATURE 



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central backyard, away from any frontage; this, as 

 Wi 11 as the road which would be carried round it, 

 would be common to the purposes of both museums. 

 In the accompanying plan (Fig. 3) I have shown 



gardens, until they are built over, as an embellish- 

 ment of the south front. I append photographs show- 

 ing the present condition of the ground and how it 

 would appear if the Science Museum were built to 



Fig. 4. — Things as they 



blocks A. I), C, D, E, which could then be used for 

 tli> Science Museum; the area is six acres. 



With regard to the Natural History Museum, it may 

 be stated that with the three boundaries above re- 

 ferred to the included areas are as follows : — 



Boundary fixed in iS 



Proposed road 



Existing load 



Feet Acres 



II70X S30=I4'2 

 II70 X 470=12-6 

 II-O X 415= II'I 



harmonise with the Victoria and Albert Museum 

 across Exhibition Road. 



In the photograph the frontage is shown broken 

 by the road, but there is no necessity for this if for 

 any reason it would be better to continue it for the 

 purposes of either museum. 



If the blocks C, D, E, were built on first, the 

 combined area of the building, just over three acres, 

 would be a little less than that of the Natural History 



Things as they might be 



If the existing road boundary were chosen the road 

 could not only be used for the purposes of both the 

 Natural History and Science Museums, but part of 

 the latter could be built along it, thus utilising the 



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Museum; the blocks A, B, might remain for expan- 

 sion of the Science Museum, as the equivalent of the 

 blocks X, Y, in the case of the Natural History 

 Museum. 



