Library Component

A library component provides a large room lined with bookshelves, and arrangements for comfortable reading including comfortable seating, a reading desk, and often a lectern. This component provides space for a single collection.

Unless additional effort is made, the component provides a generic collection of fiction and non-fiction, including only common topics and interests. Collections on specific topics or specialist knowledge need to be built up through effort.

Upkeep: 5 pounds / month

Staff: 1 Footman OR 2 Maids

Note: Maybe should come with no collection at all, allowing the player to describe the "general tone" of the collection. The idea here is that simply taking the component gives some "padding" to the library, just like a garden comes with actual trees and flowers in it.

The scope of "a single collection" for specialist knowledge is roughly estimated as a knowledge ability, or expertise thereof. E.g., Law, Physics (Science expertise), Medicine.

Atelier/Workshop Component

An area arranged for leisure crafts or an artist's activities. The atelier or workshop is well-appointed to both offer the tools and materials of the craft and look good to those visiting at the same time. The exact tools available and materials in stock depend on the craft or art the atelier is dedicated to.

Upkeep: 5 pounds / month

Staff: 1 Footman, 1 Maid OR 1 (Skill 3)

Note: This is the quintessential "noble who sculpts" atelier. It provides him with a place to work, to show off his half-finished pieces, and to receive others to impress them with his skill (or lack thereof). The first set of staff is for mostly show-off ateliers, or for arts and crafts that do not require much in the way of assistance. The second option of staff is for arts and crafts where an Assistant (of Skill 3, but the name is not listed in the Servant table yet) is needed to assist, clean up the workshop, and remove wood shavings, chips of stone, etc.

Hothouse

A large, heated greenhouse capable of providing an environment where exotic plants and flowers thrive. A few small exotic animals can be part of the hothouse's ecosystem. The hothouse's glass paneled ceilings and walls make the hothouse an impressive addition to the estate.

Your Head Gardener will have the expertise to care for exotic flora and has the connections necessary to acquire the right kinds of soil and fertilizer for the plants in the hothouse.

Upkeep: 10 pounds / month

Staff: 2 Gardeners

Grand Library

A large hall a librarian's desk, towering bookcases and a unique showpiece in the center area. A reading and research area is available in the library itself, and adjacent rooms contain a small workshop for rebinding and repair of books, the librarian's office, and bookstacks. The Grand Library offers space for three collections.

If you assign an agent as librarian, they can be sent to perform complex acquisitions of collections or unique volumes, ensuring proper transport and restoration of degraded works.

Upkeep: 10 pounds / month

Staff: 1 Librarian, 1 Maid

Special: The Grand Library requires at least two Library Components be present at the estate.

Note: The Librarian is a (Skill 3), and can be either male or female. The idea behind the Grand Library is that it is a "proper" library in the sense that others outside of the household can visit and, with approval, borrow books for use elsewhere. The two required Library Components are to provide volume (which might not be necessary).