Lucie Hinson photos/Life in the Dales/Fremington Corner Window Tax

The house at Fremington corner - previously Broadlands, now Home Farm Cottage, had the upper windows bricked up. This probably dates back to the window tax first introduced by William III in 1696 and which wasn't repealed until 1851. People reduced the amount of tax they had to pay by filling in some of the windows. The very richest showed off by designing houses with as many windows as possible! Some time ago the house had all the windows and the bricked up blanks replaced by windows of a completely different size & shape. This is shown in the following photograph which was taken a few years ago. It is also possible to see the mark where the rainwater down pipe was.

Fremington Corner Window Tax.jpg - The house at Fremington corner - previously Broadlands, now Home Farm Cottage, had the upper windows bricked up. This probably dates back to the window tax first introduced by William III in 1696 and which wasn't repealed until 1851. People reduced the amount of tax they had to pay by filling in some of the windows. The very richest showed off by designing houses with as many windows as possible!Some time ago the house had all the windows and the bricked up blanks replaced by windows of a completely different size & shape. This is shown in the following photograph which was taken a few years ago. It is also possible to see the mark where the rainwater down pipe was.

Total images: 40 | Back to photo gallery page in a new window | Home page in a new window | Help