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Interesting windows

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Been meaning to take a photo of this house which has always intrigued me with the size and positioning of the windows. They really have squeezed out the most of the available height in the room to the extent that I'd be surprised if they even had any skirting boards!

Apologies for the lousy quality of this 8 megapixel, incredibly rubbishy, poor, duff, allegedly good quality mobile phone camera.

 
No, it's a house. The thing that intrigues me is the depth or height of both windows leaving very little at first floor (floorboards) level.
 
I can't work out if it's Georgian or 20th C neo-georgian. Was the house built before lighting technology had improved or could be it from the 20s or 30s and made to give loads of light in the rooms. It seems to be typically 6 over 6.

'It was in the Georgian period (1714–1830) that the characteristic layout of sash windows was properly developed. Georgian sashes have a unique ‘6 over 6′ arrangement. This simple, proportioned design, with thin astragal bars, helps to keep the aesthetic of the window decidedly understated and doesn’t detract from the overall appearance of the building. The Georgian sash arrangement has remained a popular configuration throughout the years.'

http://www.wessexrestoration.co.uk/sash-window-styles-throughout-history/
 
I worked in a 70's built house the design of which was based very much on the one in the photo Rog.
Both upstairs & downstairs windows went almost floor to ceiling, I seem to remember the ground floor cills suffering badly from rot as they were so close to outside ground level.
 
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