Beam between internal walls?

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Hi,

I am renovating a cob cottage, and would like to increase the head-height over the first part of the main staircase. Removing the plaster has revealed a beam, which crosses between two internal walls, which is the problem.

The first question is why is the beam there?

The second question is can i replace it with a similar beam higher up - or remove it completely?

It's pretty hard to explain the layout properly, so I've attached an illustration i made, and a couple of photos. Apologies they are such poor quality - damaged camera lens working on the house!

Comments hugely appreciated!

Crawf
 

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Wondering if the lack of scale if putting folks off from commenting - or the generally crappy pictures!

The numbers are length x height x width - so, 1000mm long, 200mm high, 50mm wide.

The two squares at the bottom of the picture represent beams that run perpendicular to the "problem beam". They are each about 4000mm long, span between two external walls, and are also supported by 4 equally spaced vertical beams (not shown). The 4000mm beams are about 2000mm from the ground - which isn't much after going up a step or two!

Hope that makes a bit more sense!
 

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