Instead, they are likely present simply to maintain the symmetry of the building, and either hide internal features, such as chimney flues, or were used to save the cost of adding real windows, as glass would still have been quite costly at the time it was built.
#glasgow #kingspark #architecture #windowtax #architecturephotography
The Georgian neo-Classical Aikenhead House in King's Park in Glasgow. If you look carefully at the windows at the left hand end, you'll see they're actually fake, with the mullions and transoms painted on stone.
This wing was added in 1823, some 75 years after the introduction of a window tax in Scotland, so it's unlikely they were originally designed as functional windows that were then sealed up.
Cont./
#glasgow #kingspark #architecture #windowtax #architecturephotography
Kurze Erklärung für meine Leser*innen (einige werden das schon wissen):
#WindowTax war eine Steuer im viktorianischen England bei der Häuser nach der Anzahl ihrer Fenster besteuert wurden .. worauf hin Viele ihre Fenster zugemauert haben & lieber im Dunkeln gesessen haben als ihre Steuern zu zahlen.
🤓
Instead, they are likely present simply to maintain the symmetry of the building, and either hide internal features, such as chimney flues, or were used to save the cost of adding real windows, as glass would still have been quite costly at the time as each pane would have had to be hand-made.
#glasgow #kingspark #architecture #windowtax #architecturephotography #glasgowhistory
The Georgian neo-Classical Aikenhead House in King's Park in Glasgow. If you look carefully at the windows at the left hand end, you'll see they're actually fake, with the mullions and transoms painted on stone. This wing was added in 1823, some 75 years after the introduction of a window tax in Scotland, so it's unlikely they were originally designed as functional windows that were then sealed up.
Cont./
#glasgow #kingspark #architecture #windowtax #architecturephotography #glasgowhistory
Did Solothurn ever have a #WindowTaX?
Why Do Many Historic Buildings in The UK Have Bricked Up Windows?
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/04/why-do-many-historic-buildings-in-uk.html
It was also the case in Wales, UK
I wonder who dreamed up that idea originally, and how it spread far and wide in Europe?
Windows and former windows in #Brittany
I believe the windows were bricked up because a new window tax was introduced (in the 1700s?), which was calculated by the number of windows in a dwelling. Rather than pay, a lot of people (landlords?) bricked up some of their windows.
Can any #Architecture #Historians or #Histodons @Histodons confirm or deny?
This Is My Glasgow
BerlinFokus
Father Enoch
pandora
RhiMG
Greg Miller