In 1812, John Soane wrote ‘Crude Hints towards an History of my House’, a strange and perplexing text in which he imagined his home as a ruin centuries in the future, inspected by visitors who speculate on its origins and function. In particular Soane suggested that visitors might infer the Museum to have been inhabited by four characters: a Lawyer, a Monk, a Magician and an Architect. The project brings these characters to life as architectural compositions of ornament, colour and form. The four characters have then been installed as ‘inhabitants’ in different locations in the Museum. Soane’s original manuscript of ‘Crude Hints’ is displayed in the Foyle Space alongside a series of wall hangings, each illustrating the peculiar and fantastical narratives behind the characters, with extracts from the text.