Arched windows 'show carpenter's art'

The arched windows ( http://www.force8.co.uk/index.php ) of a Spitalfields property highlight the artistry of the carpenter who constructed them, reports Country Life.

Arched windows ( http://www.force8.co.uk/index.php ) for modern properties can be made to the homeowner's own design by companies such as Stockport ( http://www.force8.co.uk/ )double glazing supplier Force 8.

However, when 27 Fournier Street was built in the early 18th century, it was less easy to feature the subtly arched windows ( http://www.force8.co.uk/index.php ) that appear in the lower three storeys of the property.

Above, a final fourth floor features a parapet wall with its own windows - this time in a conventional rectangular design - that allow the light to flood in.

Country Life adds that the curved heads of the lower windows ( http://www.force8.co.uk/index.php ) would have been "more costly, stylish and skilful" to make.

This, it says, is "a testament to the carpenter's art", adding that such windows ( http://www.force8.co.uk/index.php ) would have been "seldom made after the middle of the 18th century".

Written by Alison Goldman

Force 8 the North West's leading arched frame specialist.