John wrote:
Sorry - but I can't remember the opinions given to the point about most
terraced houses having a step down into the kitchen and the back bedroom.

Do they? None of the terraced houses I've ever been in have. One had a
step
down *out* of the kitchen into the dining room, which I always
presumed was
just due to the lie of the land, as there was a further step down into
the
living room.

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JGH