| The origins of the sash windows have been the subject
of much investigation and speculation. Until recently, the general opinion
tended to be that sash windows were invented in Holland in the late 17th Century.
Recently, however, valuable research work undertaken by Dr Hinte Louw,
of the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, suggests that sash windows could
have been invented earlier in the 17th Century in England. Another school
of thought suggest that sash windows originated
in France and spread to England via Holland. |
| The word "sash", derived from the French
"chassis" , means frame. But, however it originated, sash
windows are as traditionally British as roast beef, and have become synonymous
with all kinds of Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian houses. |
