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why did they put the rose near the window when built?
Enhanced privacy. Something like if you have the curtains open and net curtains then at night you can't be seen if you are not between the window and the light.
jellybaby-
Ah could be, one of those odd hangovers from Victorian modesty like doors opening the wrong way into rooms so if a lady was disturbed by someone entering they would be hidden behind the door so as to not see any naked flesh.
Back gardens are so long because it was deemed an appropriate distance to not see a woman’s nipple through a white blouse from the dwelling opposite.
Mr_Smyth
Electrician has been chasing in the ceiling to move light fittings into the middle of the room (why did they put the rose near the window when built?) had to go into the concrete a few mm once through the plaster.
Must be a really hard mix with plenty of aggregate as 2 broken SDS bits: