Dog-leg (stairs)

A dog-leg staircase
A half-landing, on a dog-leg staircase, is made into an architectural feature, by the use of arches, vaulting and stained glass

A dog-leg is a configuration of stairs between two floors of a building, often a domestic building, in which a flight of stairs ascends to a half-landing before turning at a right angle and continuing upwards.[1] The flights do not have to be equal, and frequently are not.

Structurally, the flights of a dog-leg stair are usually supported by the half-landing, which spans the adjoining flank walls.

From the design point of view, the main advantages of a dog-leg stair are:


References

  1. Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969]. Lancashire: North. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 741. ISBN 0-300-12667-0.
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