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To allow an arrangement that occupies a shorter, though wider, floor area than a straight flight, and so is more compact. Even though the landings consume total floor space, there is no large single dimension.
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Structurally, the flights of a dog-leg stair are usually supported by the quarter-landing, which spans the adjoining flank
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The upper floor is not directly visible from the bottom of the stairs, thereby providing more privacy.
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A quarter-landing, on a dog-leg staircase, is made into an architectural feature, by the use of
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and continuing upwards. The flights do not have to be equal, and frequently are not.
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of a building, often a domestic building, in which a flight of stairs ascends to a
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From the design point of view, the main advantages of a dog-leg stair are:
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arches
vaulting
stained glass
stairs
floors
quarter-landing
right angle
walls
Pevsner, Nikolaus
Lancashire: North
Yale University Press
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978-0-300-12667-9
Categories
Stairs
Stairways
Architectural elements

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