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Thank you all for your comments. They are helpful.
The room is intended for use as a childs bedroom / playroom, so hopefully the headroom will not be such an issue, provided it is legal.
It had been mentioned to me that there are some rules regarding min headroom a) over the stairwell and b) as a proportion of the whole room. I can find them for the USA on the net, but unfortunately not in Scotland (where I live).
I live in a one storey cottage, which I was hoping would allow for a fire escape velux window (perhaps with a rope ladder, as suggested).
The obvious solution would be to put in dormer/s, however, I'm reluctant to do this as the house is one of 2 and to alter ours would look very out of place. Apart from the added expense.
When we do go ahead with this, we do intend to do it by the book via an architect. I have seen some illegal conversions and even to an untrained eye, they look frightening.
Thanks again for your comments / advice. Any more would be appreciated.
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