Why Victorian Staircases Were So Dangerous

The Victorian era — what a time to be alive! …unless you wanted to take the stairs.

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[GrungeHQ]

What do you find the most interesting about the Victorian era?

[Patrick-hmeg]

You should checkout the stairs at Monticello the home of Thomas Jefferson. If I remember right the stairs in this video were wider. It's so dangerous that tourist are not allowed on the second floor.

[Flamethrower]

I grew in a Victorian terrace house the stairs were steep, I fell down them a few times, never broke anything but it hurt, come to think of it my family home I saw a blonde little girl standing on the stairs when I was about 6 or 7, maybe she died falling down them, obviously she wasn’t of this world but being young I just saw a child like me .

[deborahberger]

I don't like to be picky, but "Downtown Abbey" is set in the Edwardian era, not the Victorian.

[prettybullet]

I don't live in a Victorian but my house is 103 years old and the stairs in it are more narrow and the handrail is much lower. I don't know how many times I've fallen down those stairs in the last 20 years but it's a lot.

[wunderkind-]

My father built hundreds of homes during his lifetime and the terms for a staircase is rise and run. Rise being the height of each stair and run being the depth of each stair

[lavenderflowersfall]

Well Jim, I'm glad Tiktok views are more important than safety.

Do people really have to be told that going viral is not important?

[chadinhadin]

That's so true ..death trap ..go to the tower of London that castle omg nearly broke my ankle

[caffeinatedx]

I laugh at this after I’ve been to the Anne Frank house and other homes in the Netherlands. The stairs are scary steep.