The plan of most houses is based on a distinction between the private rooms and the service rooms. The open hall of a medieval house is conveniently described as having an upper (or high) and lower end, corresponding to the private and service rooms. The entry into the hall is at its lower end.
Subsidiary terms
D) Three-cell or three-unit house
c*) Cross passage d) Upper end e) Lower end f) Axial chimney g) Bressumer (lintel)
A) Single-cell plan B) Two-cell plan C) Distribution lobby
a) Gable entry b*) Gable chimney c*) Cross passage
a*) Solar d*) Lateral chimney e) Wing f) Upper end g) Cross passage h) Lower end i) Hall j) Half bay k*) Spere