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Re: Colonial NE style: Widow Walk
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lugnet.build.arch
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Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:32:47 GMT
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In lugnet.build.arch, Aaron M. Sneary writes:
> You have the basic idea but most certainly need at
> least some kind of railing (so the widow doesn't die as well).
LOL! Good idea.
> A lot of the
> widow walks I have seen, the walk is incorporated into the roof about halfway
> up the slope. Sometimes it is even with the lowest point of the roof slope and
> accessed by a door into the attic.
Hmm, interesting. Since I've never seen one, I have no idea how it looks - I
just remember reading about one, long ago. I also wasn't intending to build
the whole house, but maybe sometime I might.
> Also, a note of history- these were
> originally lookouts for sailing ships, and also found on taverns, homes next >to the lighthouse, etc. I'll keep looking for photos, you put some gothic >railings on that roof before the lady kills herself. great thinking though, >they do make good roof slopes. (and you called them useless)
Cool! Thanks for the info! And glad you liked it.
-Shiri
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 | | Re: Colonial NE style: Widow Walk
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| Shiri I looked for an actual photo of a widow walk but couldn't find one. Excuse my poor literary explanation. You have the basic idea but most certainly need at least some kind of railing (so the widow doesn't die as well). A lot of the widow walks (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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