There are some in Redhil where the small box room upstairs has a wall that
has an angled bit near the floor over the stairwell to allow taller people
to climb the stairs without knocking themselves out. For the want of a few
more inches in depth, this would not be required. Mine has this done on
ceilings near the eaves to allow the roof to come down almost to the top of
the windows upstairs, then there are corner fireplaces huge chimney breasts
in two rooms like mine taking up a lot of space, and so on. The building of
houses seems sometimes to defy logic, but it obviously made sense at the
time!
Brian

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DerbyBorn submitted this idea :
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

I have not seen that all that much, but where I have seen it, it has
usually been because the house is built on a hill side.