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Further to my comment above: << It seems to me on balance that Prater occupied the room over the 'shed' ie she had the upstairs (first floor) room of the house, BUT THAT DID HAVE A WINDOW OVERLOOKING THE COURT above Room 12 - see purple pane here:
http://forum.casebook.org/showthread.php?t=1755 >>
Looking at several photos properly LOL on the main East End Photos thread, it's clear of course that although the houses are only one room deep, excluding the lean-to of 12 & 13 Millers Court, they are FOUR stories tall.
There is nothing incompatible in what was reported of Prater's evidence with her having the room above the shed, which looked out over *both* the court and the street - or rather the window of the stairway would look out over the court, and would face her doorway
Sound from Mary's room would easily carry up the stairway and up from the Courtyard. I see nothing to argue over here! Remember that reporters were barred form the Court by police, so their reporting of the topography may well have been a little confused - and confusing
The door into the shed is on the street, in the photos, and that in the covered part of the alley must have given access to the stairs, which would abut the short wall of number 13 furthest from the fireplace. Do we know eg from the survey of London when these houses were built? - it might give us a clue as to whether this room was once part of the main house, though on available evidence this stretch of buildings seems to have been built as tenements - ie one room dwellings
PS re the Hulton demolition pic in my post above: I referred to glass negs - by 1928 the photographer would be using film of course; and there may well be more negs
http://forum.casebook.org/showthread.php?t=1755 >>
Looking at several photos properly LOL on the main East End Photos thread, it's clear of course that although the houses are only one room deep, excluding the lean-to of 12 & 13 Millers Court, they are FOUR stories tall.
There is nothing incompatible in what was reported of Prater's evidence with her having the room above the shed, which looked out over *both* the court and the street - or rather the window of the stairway would look out over the court, and would face her doorway
Sound from Mary's room would easily carry up the stairway and up from the Courtyard. I see nothing to argue over here! Remember that reporters were barred form the Court by police, so their reporting of the topography may well have been a little confused - and confusing
The door into the shed is on the street, in the photos, and that in the covered part of the alley must have given access to the stairs, which would abut the short wall of number 13 furthest from the fireplace. Do we know eg from the survey of London when these houses were built? - it might give us a clue as to whether this room was once part of the main house, though on available evidence this stretch of buildings seems to have been built as tenements - ie one room dwellings
PS re the Hulton demolition pic in my post above: I referred to glass negs - by 1928 the photographer would be using film of course; and there may well be more negs
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