An alley view of a house I walk past from time to time. The house is old, over 100 years, and has been added to, subtracted from, repainted many times, most recently a brick red colour.
A wooden house painted brick red does not make it as resistant to wear as the material whose colour it is derived from.
Most houses are built with their backs to the alley, and this house is no different. The back in this case is south-facing, yet what portion of the back is given over to windows? Less that 2.7%.
The south facing window is very small and matches for size the west-facing window immediately around the corner from it. Note, too, the placement of these windows. The sills look to be about five feet high.
When I look at these windows I always think of someone sitting on the other side of them, at a small table, looking out. But to do so would require a very high chair, like a bar stool, but higher. And a high table too.
Passing by a room like this on the inside, with its door open and someone at the window, would present a strange sight. Especially if this room is being used for what I think it is being used for, and that is a bathroom.
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