Fan Light Window

Without them or with an alternative design considered cleaner lines can create a tidier and more balanced look to your property.

Fan light window. A semicircular window over a door or window often having sash bars like the ribs of a fan. It is placed over another window or a doorway and is sometimes hinged to a transom the bars in the fixed glazed window spread out in the manner of a sunburst it is also called a sunburst light. A fanlight is a window often semicircular or semi elliptical in shape with glazing bars or tracery sets radiating out like an open fan. Its primary purpose is to provide ventilation however they can look fussy.

Attributed to thomas lightoler british active 1742 75. Design for the decoration of the window door wall of a rococo room with a coved ceiling and coved central fanlight section. Fanlight in british english. A semicircular window with radiating bars like the ribs of a fan that is placed over a door or window.

Another name for skylight. Fanlight definition a window over a door or another window especially one having the form of a semicircle or of half an ellipse. A great example of this can be seen in the before and after photos here. 11 3 4 x 16 in.