The primary living space is set on the first floor of the house, freeing up the ground floor to be more flexible in use.

主要的起居部分设置在二层，首层建筑空间被释放出来，拥有更多的灵活性。

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Its central quadrangle was roofed but the space was soon filled with books, which were removed to the new British Library in 1998, freeing up the space for the first time in more than a century.

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