Window in Porch (1435–40.)
The treatment of house windows corresponded with that adopted in churches. First they were round-headed, as at Castle Hedingham (Fig. 61), and Rochester (Fig. 51, b). Then they became pointed, with, perhaps, a dividing mullion, as at Little Wenham Hall (Fig. 64, b). The plain pointed heads were then bent into a trefoil shape, as at Chacombe Priory (Fig. 62), or were made with a flat summit and curved shoulders, as at Alnwick Castle (Fig. 63). Tracery was occasionally introduced, as at Little Wenham (Fig. 64, a). This illustration and that from Chacombe, as well as the view of Oakham Castle (Fig. 15), show that the forerunner of the mullion was a shaft dividing the lights. In subsequent examples the mullion will be found fully established.
66. Abingdon Abbey, Berkshire.
Window in Guest-house (late 15th cent.).
67. Brympton D’Evercy, Somerset.
Bay Window (late 15th cent.).
68. Fawsley, Northamptonshire.