I know about it and have commented upon it. It's still an ancient old fashioned way of hanging doors. None of my customers prioritise modesty over practicality. Just a crappy nuance from the Victorian era.
Doors on loft landing near stairs advice
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No they just don't think about it tis all, you do the building, leave the designing to us. 
I would fit a wider door ……
The same one where celling lights are always positioned towards the window to prevent silhouettes being visible from outside.
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Quite the opposite. There is always a conversation about door opening direction, prior to fitting casings on our jobs.
This is a standard response....
Is that Volume I or II, in the Victorian Architecture and Morality handbook?
The Gentleman's Design Etiquette Compendium.
A splendid resource, and should be compulsory reading in the workhouses.
Jokes Just to pipe in, all our doors are on the "maximise space / make it convenient" way round (I'm the designer as well as the fitter). Keep the door fully closed if you want privacy. The one specifically in my last image - doesn't really matter in this specific case.
Just to pipe in, all our doors are on the "maximise space / make it convenient" way round (I'm the designer as well as the fitter). Keep the door fully closed if you want privacy. The one specifically in my last image - doesn't really matter in this specific case.
But how will the chamber-maid egress said bedroom with a chamber pot in one hand and bed warmer in t'uther?
Old school.
They insisted on this in gone days, for unknown reasons also in kitchens and living rooms.
Nowadays doors are hung to maximise space, or, as I do, accordingly to customer's instructions.
Exactly.
If you can go around the stairs winder, you're ok with whatever setup.
Keep the landing more or less square and you'll be ok.
I'm not sure if it's a law, or just an advisory, but I was once told that doors should never be openable at the top of a staircase unless an adequate landing is in place.
Many years ago, (1976 I think), i bought my first house. It was a two up-two down Victorian terrace. The stairs had winders at the top and bottom. The two adjacent bedroom doors opened onto the top winders. Many a time either my wife, or I, nearly took a tumble because of them.
I would leave the doors set back like in your picture, especially if you have/intend to have children.
400mm is all that's required.
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