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Door of 10 Downing Street, London, showing a transom separating the door from the window above. In architecture, a transom is a transverse horizontal structural beam or bar, or a crosspiece separating a door from a window above it. This contrasts with a mullion, a vertical structural member. [1] Transom or transom window is also the customary U ...
At the time of the NRHP nomination, five of the six exterior doors were original to the Birge House, and all contain some recessed glass panel. The doors accessed via the side porch contain transoms. The front door is considered the most decorative, and it includes a transom and panels of recessed stained glass, etched glass, and carved wood. [2]
Sidelights are often found in tandem with transom windows and generally the pane size in the sidelights matches that of the transom. [4] Typically narrow, sidelights can be placed on both or just one side of a door and can include a sash or have glass that is stopped into the frame.
A door frame, window frame, door surround, window surround, or niche surround is the architectural frame around an aperture such as a door or window.. Entrance door and surround of a house in Charleston, South Carolina A interior doorway consisting of door, transom, and door surround in a historic house in Kentucky, United States
Above the decorative brickwork is a recessed panel bearing a signboard which reads "E. Janssen Building." [ 2 ] Common to other loft-type commercial construction of the time, both floors feature open spaces, divided only by a row of support pillars in the middle of each floor. [ 2 ]
The stonework elements that support the glass in a Gothic window. Transom (architectural) A window or element, fixed or operable, above a door but within its vertical frame; also horizontal structural element of stone, wood or metal within a window frame (cp. mullion). Triglyph
A transom window is a window above a door. In an exterior door the transom window is often fixed, in an interior door, it can open either by hinges at top or bottom, or rotate on hinges. It provided ventilation before forced air heating and cooling. A fan-shaped transom is known as a fanlight, especially in the British Isles.
It is also often used as a division between double doors. When dividing adjacent window units its primary purpose is a rigid support to the glazing of the window. Its secondary purpose is to provide structural support to an arch or lintel above the window opening. Horizontal elements separating the head of a door from a window above are called ...