Need a word for this...architectural...thing

[SilentRoamer]

In the part of the UK I am from we know them as external stairwells.

 

[James118]

In the part of the UK I am from we know them as external stairwells.

Which part? I'm in Kent.

 

[J D Foster]

I got round that potential issue by having my characters happen to read this thread before they visited the house in question.

Officially my favorite comment since I've been here

 

[SilentRoamer]

Which part? I'm in Kent.

South Yorkshire - Gods own County!

 

[Tim Murray]

Evening all. A quick question based on a house similar to the one pictured below.

See that window with the blinds? My character goes through it and out onto the street (okay, it's a garden, but I couldn't get a picture of a garden). She goes over that basement entrance ... area. What do I say she's jumping over? What is the space those railings demarcate called?


*waits to kick self when gets obvious answer*

The space is called a stair well, as for the spaces, I don't know.