Blind window on a Stroud corner
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Blind window on a Stroud corner
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 28 Dec 2014
Depending on the age of the building, one explanation of the presence of the blind window on the corner of Whitehall and Trinity Road could be measures taken by a former householder to reduce the liability under the Window Tax, introduced in 1696 in the reign of King William III, repealed in 1851.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.743516
Longitude
-2.20866