Saturday 6 September 2014

The Straight and The Narrow

                                                 Is this the narrowest habitable house in the UK?


                       Located in an inner city area of Kingston Upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England



It's origins are unclear whether purpose built in or around 1900 either as a stand-alone dwelling or as part of a larger group of buildings. Archive Maps, the earliest available from 1855 for the locality show a mass of structures on the eastern side (right hand side on the top photograph) but the site is now largely occupied by a school or community premises.  The house is occupied and the main part is taken up by a two-up and two-down arrangement of rooms providing living, kitchen and first floor bedrooms, The bathroom is a later, modern extension at the rear under a flat roof.

No comments: