31 December 1695: The act of Parliament that introduced the deeply unpopular window #tax received Royal Assent. #History #Taxation #WindowTax
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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.
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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.
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Yep! Sounds like the usual crap people (even some on my side) will believe.
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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.
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#glasgow #kingspark #architecture #windowtax #architecturephotography #glasgowhistory
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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.
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#glasgow #kingspark #architecture #windowtax #architecturephotography
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Having visited many more rooms than could be supposed to be of any other use than to contribute to the window-tax, and find employment for housemaids, 'Now,' said Mrs Rushworth, 'we are coming to the chapel.'
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31 December 1695: The act of Parliament that introduced the deeply unpopular Window #Tax received Royal Assent. #History #Taxation #WindowTax
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