The once-common feature is still seen on many Scottish buildings today, but there's a dark story behind the origins of the design style
If you're ever decide to look up while walking down a street, you may notice that many older homes have brick covered windows - but do you know the reason why?
The Mirror reports that Historian Alice Loxton recently revealed the truth in an enlightening Instagram post, explaining that windows were previously covered up with bricks to avoid taxes. Alice spoke in front of one such property and how the tax came to be, as the government expected wealthy homeowners to cough up the cash. Pointing to a set of bricked-up windows, she explained: "This was a result of the notorious 1696 window tax.
"But the government underestimated the public's determination to do everything in their power to avoid paying. Rather than cough up cash for the privilege of fresh air many existing windows were bricked-up to reduce the total number of windows in a property to avoid paying the tax and leaving us with this strange feature that we see today."
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