"DerbyBorn" wrote in message
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Why is the bit that usually has the kitchen and small back bedroom at a
lower level than the rest of the house? Was it just cost saving or was it
to so with roof construction

The kitchen scullery had a tiled or bare concrete floor
as it was subject to wet. The base of the adjacent dining
living room and the front room for that matter were at the
same level but with the floorboards took them up a level.
The room above the scullery had a sloping roof - sloping
to one side or the other and lower than the main roof
which limited the ceiling height.

michael adams

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