Could this wall be load bearing?

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Good afternoon all

I've been searching the forums, as there are a number of similar threads, but wanted to make a new thread looking for advice on removing a wall between our bathroom and old airing cupboard.

So from inside the bathroom, it's mainly large blocks with brick above the door frame and into the loft:
Bathroom_above_1.jpgBathroom_above_2.jpg

It's been built on the joist, on top of the floorboards, with another piece of wood on top of those:
Bathroom_below_1.jpg

I've been in the loft, and the brick work goes above the plasterboard ceiling in the bathroom but obviously stops after the bathroom wall (in the latter two pictures):
Loft_1.jpgLoft_3.jpgLoft_4.jpgLoft_5.jpg

The wall in question is only present in the bathroom, the adjoining bedroom is quite a bit longer.

Is it possible to tell whether this is load bearing? My initial thought before taking off the tiles was that it wasn't, as it runs parallel to the joist rather than perpendicular, but I expected it to be a normal stud wall.

Thanks

Joe
 

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