On 14/03/2019 18:51, DerbyBorn wrote:
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



For town houses with a lower ground floor below street level at the
front and at garden level at the back, the street level was built up
from soil removed to level the site. so the back is probably a little
lower than the original 'green field' ground level and the front door
reaches the built up bank that forms the roadway via a bridge to the
retaining wall for the roadway which usually incorporates a coal cellar.

For many 18/19th C terraces the Kitchen/back bedroom was an addition and
is accessed from the half landing of the original stairway. So it tends
to be halfway between the front floor levels.


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