Hartman House is set in an authentic English Victorian Home. The floor plans used for Hartman House were drawn in the mid 1800s, designed for a British earl and his family.
front elevation of Hartman HouseA few modifications have been made to the original plans to make for better roleplay, and to better suit our 20th century ideals. For example, in the original house, the kitchen was in the basement. To make moving about the house a bit easier (and because I can't bear the idea of our poor maids drudging away in a basement kitchen!) I enclosed a rear porch and designated that the kitchen on the floor plans.
Many of the upstairs bedrooms had adjoining sitting rooms, to make a suite of rooms for members of the family. Because the only members of the Hartman family in residence are Kathryn and Richard, I kept one suite intact for them, and labeled the other rooms as bedrooms that adjoin others, rather than sitting rooms.
In addition, I did not include floor plans for the attic or the basement levels, because I wanted to leave those up for development. There often comes a time in roleplay when a room is needed that just isn't available. This way, cast members can upload their own pictures of basement and/or attic rooms when the time comes that they have need for a room not labeled on the floor plan. For example, if additional quarters are needed to house servants, or if the Lord should need to lock someone in a dungeon, new pictures can be found and uploaded to the "attic" or "basement" folders on the group site.
For more information about the rooms of the house or the grounds, please click the links to the left.