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Thin Window

Thin Window

Some of the windows were made smaller by angling the wall in like so, perhaps for patient safety purposes.
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I want a thin window.
Navi.
Fri 09-22-2006
to thwart jumpers, perhaps?
minktail
Sat 09-23-2006
Behold, the ceiling of brail
Marshal banana
Sat 09-23-2006
Perhaps that design allowed more sun to shine on the floor without the risk of having more window space. Do you know what I mean? Im thinking of a sun high in the sky, with the angle it would be on, wouldnt be obstructed by the corner the window ledge would make. Ugh, I'm not very good at explaining myself.
Felyne
Sun 09-24-2006
Felyne: Your probably right. and the sloped sill and walls made it alot harder to try and climb onto...they look pretty slick to.
DaveWilly
Sun 09-24-2006
Plus it's just so pretty.
Florida Jen
Mon 09-25-2006
I have windows like that in my house...
Beth
Thu 10-05-2006
sooo close yet so far away.
CSA fr USA
Tue 10-17-2006
having small windows also helps in winter. less heat can get out.
welsh_rachey
Thu 10-19-2006
It kind of looks like a ladder.
rach9276
Sun 10-22-2006
AHH, The Window. The outside, the world!!!!!!
NEVERMORE
Sun 11-05-2006
I bet alot of patients spent their nights counting the little holes in that ceiling as they slowly fell asleep.
Johnnsy
Mon 12-11-2006
Windows like that - which are wider on the inside than the outside - are quite typical of British architecture - not just a mental asylum thing. It's to do with the thickness and strength of the walls. The wider opening on the inside meant that you could have strong, thick walls yet still get maximum daylight in; if the window recess didn't widen out, the room would be a great deal darker.
You can see this kind of architecture in buildings dating from the middle ages (eg, in York, or Edinburgh).
Stormsearch
Mon 03-12-2007
I wonder how high from the floor the window is?
C-Note
Sun 04-15-2007
I think they may have actually done that to save glass. Glass was really really expensive in the 19th century and didn't come in the large pieces it does now.
blipblop
Thu 06-21-2007
All these narrow rooms and thin windows start having a claustrophobic affect on me after a while! Great shot as always........
Amazed
Sun 02-24-2008
I WANT THAT WINDOW!!!! can you buy some like those in stores? anyone? PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTION!!!!
Person
Fri 02-20-2009
early egress window
wanderer
Tue 02-24-2009
Thanks so much, wanderer!
Person
Tue 03-03-2009
I actually saw a lot of windows like these in the castles in England, Wales and Ireland when I was over there. It allowed one on the inside to view multiple angles of the outside but only a limited space from the outside. I.e. one could shoot a bow and arrow at multiple angles from the inside without the fear of an arrow from the outside entering (in a castle). I would imagine they tried to keep the architecture historic/similar even when constructing the original hospital; buildings are much older over there.
A.
Sun 06-14-2009

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