Is there anEnglish word describing"space behind the frontdoor and all the stair landings"as a whole?

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I need a word whose meaning could embrace both the ground floor vestibule and the vertical uninhabitable space of stair landing, say, in a tower block, where the rubbish chute inlets are normally installed.

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It's peculiarly English and peculiar only to some of the English but we'd call that a "hall". I know the word means something different to virtually everyone else but what you described to me is known locally to me as a hall.

Is there anEnglish word describing"space behind the frontdoor and all the stair landings"as a whole?

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