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Posted: Mon Mar 11th, 2013 06:13 |
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Snapped on my walk to school this morning, amid snow flurries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax Attachment: _DSC2532.jpg (Downloaded 37 times)
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Posted: Mon Mar 11th, 2013 06:51 |
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good bit of social history there rob ,and also a memory i found lots and lots of clipped hammered silver coins when i used to metal detect .the reason for the window tax and the introduction of milled coins
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Posted: Mon Mar 11th, 2013 08:06 |
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Very good example. I wonder if due to its age, its now listed and can't be altered back to a window? Or perhaps the owners have sufficient light?
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Posted: Mon Mar 11th, 2013 08:14 |
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Wish you wouldn't put interesting items like this here Robert. All I can see is the "dumb-ass" US politicians seeing this and before you know it, the next time they decide to come to work, we will have a window tax in the US!![]() ![]() ![]()
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Posted: Mon Mar 11th, 2013 08:27 |
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Probably a combination of factors Eric, the blocked window will provide more wall space inside, the additional light won't be that much given the size of the aperture. Like most people they probably don't want the mess of the work and it will mean matching the frame and the glazing, which in reality could mean replacing the other glazing too. I think I would open it up, unless the stone mullions were in poor condition. There are many similar examples around here.
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Posted: Mon Mar 11th, 2013 08:30 |
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Squarerigger wrote:Wish you wouldn't put interesting items like this here Robert. All I can see is the "dumb-ass" US politicians seeing this and before you know it, the next time they decide to come to work, we will have a window tax in the US! ![]() ![]() ![]() I can see the potential... Some glass fronted buildings would probably count as one window? But I guess they would charge tax by the acre?
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Posted: Mon Mar 11th, 2013 11:37 |
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Robert, Well spotted. re: they would charge Yes they will, stop smoking or drinking and they are likely to charge anything else you may have left in life. (or just wait unti one passes on...) Regards, Gilbert PS a story from this side of the pond: There used to be tax on wooden doors in some towns, what people did was paint just the weathered side, and the taxman could not prove that the door was made entirely of wood.
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Posted: Mon Mar 11th, 2013 12:20 |
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Robert wrote:Probably a combination of factors Eric, the blocked window will provide more wall space inside, the additional light won't be that much given the size of the aperture. Like most people they probably don't want the mess of the work and it will mean matching the frame and the glazing, which in reality could mean replacing the other glazing too. I am surprised they werent opened up again in the 1850s when Window Tax was repealed? Back then (pre electric?) they could have done with more interior light. I guess there was the cost and the risk the tax may be reintroduced. Probably too much of a pane! ![]() Just been reading about the tax. Didn't realise the term 'Daylight robbery' originated from that tax.
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Posted: Mon Mar 11th, 2013 12:36 |
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Eric wrote:Back then (pre electric?) Pre electric? How did they power their computers, battery hens??? ![]()
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Posted: Mon Mar 11th, 2013 14:02 |
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One less window means you can hang more photos on the inside wall?
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