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castleuk
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posted 04-21-2004 07:48 AM           Edit/Delete Message
Hi
I just can't seem to get my head round this?
If a tower has 2 floors, how many storey's high is it? 2 or 3?
Is the ground floor the first floor?
If the basement is over ground what floor is that?
Thanks Chris www.castleuk.net
The UK castle location website.

Levan
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posted 04-21-2004 11:35 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Levan   Click Here to Email Levan     Edit/Delete Message
If a tower has 2 floors it is 2 stories high.

In Scotland (and I believe USA) the ground floor is usually termed the first floor (a two story property has first and second floor); in England the first floor is above the ground floor (so a two story property in England has a ground and first floor). I doubt that this usage is not hard-and-fast!

Some buildings have more than one basement, and indeed several ground floors (i.e. when on the side of a hill there might be a basement entrance at the front side and rear of a building).

In general, the ground floor (or first floor) is the first floor that does not have any part underground - if any part of the floor is below ground, it's usually a basement - any lower basements are usually referred to as "sub-basements".

In Scotland, so that buyers are not off-put by the connotations of living in a basements, flats that would normally be termed basement flats are called "garden flats" providing there is level access to the garden from the rear! Ahhh!

[This message has been edited by Levan (edited 04-21-2004).]

duncan
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posted 04-21-2004 01:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for duncan   Click Here to Email duncan     Edit/Delete Message
Levan how did you keep all that straight as you typed?

Oh btw, can I have a updated link to your web site please?

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AJR
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posted 04-22-2004 02:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AJR     Edit/Delete Message
For me, the ground floor (or basement in Scotland) is the first storey or level. The first floor is the second storey, the second floor is the third storey.

Of course, if there is a basement in an English castle (or dungeon in Scottish), the ground floor in English (or basement in Scottish) castle becomes the second storey, and the first floor the third storey.

I think that's similar to what Levan said. It depends on your location.

But two floors IS two storeys (or is that tales).

Merlin
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posted 04-23-2004 05:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Merlin   Click Here to Email Merlin     Edit/Delete Message
And towers with only two storeys are rare...

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