On 10/08/2015 17:49, Jim S wrote:
Someone asked mr "Why do Victorian homes have such high ceilings"
I don't knoe the answer.

In the one we had, it varied. The entrance hall and principle ground
floor rooms had 12ft ceilings. Go to the back of the house, where the
kitchen and servants' room were and you had to go up a step, into rooms
that were 8ft high. The principle rooms on the first floor had 10ft high
ceilings, while the large room over the kitchen and servants' room was
8ft. The servants' quarters in the attic, had sloping ceilings. From
that, it seems as though high ceilings were reserved for important
rooms, probably because they were large and it gave them better proportions.

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Colin Bignell