Shane

Thanks for the heads up, I didn't want to post my query in the BBC board since my question was about the flat in general. Anyway, would if be considered blasphemy if I omitted "B" from the front door of the building? I'm curious how Doyle described it in A Study in Scarlet as I assume he provided a description of the building in the book. I guess I need to read it lol.

Hi there, I am working on a graphics project that maps out various locations of fictional and historical locations in London including 221B Baker Street and Doctor Jekyll's Laboratory among other things. The project will draw up elevations of several famous spots along with diagrams of building floor plans etc. I've seen many illustrations of what 221B Baker Street might have looked like inside and several photos of the facade of the building used in the BBC series along with the Museum in London. Now I've not had the opportunity to read any of Doyle's stories and am not sure how he describes the flat on paper, but the exterior design of the building in most visual adaptations have the building looking very similar in all cases much like what is seen on the BBC series. The main thing I can't really wrap my head around is why would the number on the exterior door of the building read 221B? I have a feeling TV, movies, and video games do this to make it easily recognizable but it doesn't make sense to me. I would imagine that the front door would just say 221 then inside would be separate doors to each of the respective units of 221 that would be A,B, and C. In the BBC series it appears you access A&B from the front door that has the 221B sign, you don't really see how to get into 221C other than the scene of Sherlock bursting in to find the shoes, I assume it was accessed through the same main entry, but it doesn't make sense to me. I'm hoping the better read Holmes fans can point out exactly how this was layed-out per Doyle's intentions vs. how the adaptations have portrayed it. It just doesn't make sense in my mind for the doors on Baker St run 219, 221B, 223 to me. Thanks for any help! I appreciate it.

Well hello! Just found this forum this evening. I've only recently started watching the BBC series which I love, have seen the Robert Downing Jr films, and played a couple of the video games. I haven't yet read any of the written works but hope to get around to that. My name is Shane and I live in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.