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Oriel windows are a form of bay window
Bay window

A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room, either square or polygonal in plan....
 commonly found in Gothic revival architecture
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
, which jut out from the main wall of the building but do not reach to the ground. Corbel
Corbel

In architecture a corbel is a piece of stone jutting out of a wall to carry any superincumbent weight. A piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a "tassel" or a "bragger"....
s or brackets
Bracket (architecture)

A bracket is an architectural member made of wood, stone, or metal that overhangs a wall to support or carry weight. It may also support a statue, the spring of an arch, a beam, or a shelf....
 are often used to support this kind of window. They are seen in combination with the Tudor arch
Tudor arch

Tudor arch, a low, wide arch, was a common architectural element in the Tudor period in England.It is a flattened pointed arch usually drawn from four centers, the four-centred arch, which was a defining feature....
. This type of window was also used in Victorian Architecture
Victorian architecture

The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. As with the latter, the period of building that it covers may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 ? 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom after whom it is named....
 in the Queen Anne Style.

Oriel windows are seen in Arab architecture in the form of mashrabiya
Mashrabiya

Mashrabiya,Shanashil is the Arabic term given to a type of projecting oriel window enclosed with carved wood latticework located on the second storey of a building or higher, often lined with stained glass....
.

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.








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Bay Windows
Oriel windows are a form of bay window
Bay window

A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room, either square or polygonal in plan....
 commonly found in Gothic revival architecture
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
, which jut out from the main wall of the building but do not reach to the ground. Corbel
Corbel

In architecture a corbel is a piece of stone jutting out of a wall to carry any superincumbent weight. A piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a "tassel" or a "bragger"....
s or brackets
Bracket (architecture)

A bracket is an architectural member made of wood, stone, or metal that overhangs a wall to support or carry weight. It may also support a statue, the spring of an arch, a beam, or a shelf....
 are often used to support this kind of window. They are seen in combination with the Tudor arch
Tudor arch

Tudor arch, a low, wide arch, was a common architectural element in the Tudor period in England.It is a flattened pointed arch usually drawn from four centers, the four-centred arch, which was a defining feature....
. This type of window was also used in Victorian Architecture
Victorian architecture

The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. As with the latter, the period of building that it covers may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 ? 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom after whom it is named....
 in the Queen Anne Style.

Oriel windows are seen in Arab architecture in the form of mashrabiya
Mashrabiya

Mashrabiya,Shanashil is the Arabic term given to a type of projecting oriel window enclosed with carved wood latticework located on the second storey of a building or higher, often lined with stained glass....
.

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.

Origins

According to the OED, the origin of the word oriel is derived from Anglo-Norman oriell and post-classical Latin oriolum, both meaning gallery or porch, perhaps from classical Latin aulaeum, curtain.

  • 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
    Oriel Chambers

    Oriel Chambers is a Grade 1 Listed Building located on Water Street, near to the town hall in Liverpool, England. The building, a work by Peter Ellis , was built in 1864 and comprises set over five floors....
     in Liverpool
    Liverpool

    Liverpool [] is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a History of borough status in England and Wales in 1207 and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1880....
     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.