Oriel windows are a form of bay window commonly found in Gothic revivalarchitecture, which jut out from the main wall of the building but do not reach to the ground. Corbels or brackets are often used to support this kind of window. Bay windows in San Francisco, California. ... Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, London: Gothic details provided by A.W.N. Pugin The Gothic revival was a European architectural movement with origins in mid-18th century England. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αÏχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αÏχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Elaborately decorated classical-style stone corbels support balconies on a building in Indianapolis. ...
Oriel windows are seen in Arab architecture in the form of mashrabiya. Mashrabiya screen on display in the British Museum Interior of a traditional Turkish house —Lewis, John Frederick, 1805-1875, British painter Mashrabiya is the Arabic term given to a type of projecting oriel window enclosed with carved wood latticework, often located on the second storey of a house. ...
In the Hindu culture these windows and balconies projected from the street front, providing an area in which women could peer out and see the activities below while remaining invisible.
Oriel College, Oxford took its name from a balcony or oriel window forming a feature of a property which occupied the site the college now stands on.
Oriel Chambers in Liverpool was a very controversial building when it was built, featuring an entire facade of glass oriel windows. It is seen as an early example of modernism.
The window on the left features dramatisations from the lives of the warriors St Michael (also known as The Archangel Michael) and St Joan (also known as Joan of Arc), while the window on the right is a modern depiction of the landscape as nature with the Dove of Peace as a guardian.
Windows using this kind of frame are known as Casement.
This is a set of three windows - the large one on the upper floor and the two single tile ones on the lower floor (one shown twice in the screenshot).
Windows would also have been protected from intruders gaining entrance, or protection from missiles, by a external iron grill embedded into the masonry.
The heads of the windows were either round or flat, and were splayed or set at the end of a tall, wide recess.
Diamond (or "angled") mullions, which indicate a window without glass, were found from at least the 14th century, and were used for bedrooms, store rooms and other chambers until the late 17th.
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