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This is a guide to typical window fittings in the Victorian and Edwardian period house.
The typical fittings on sash windows are:
catch |
later Victorian and Edwardian catches were usually in brass and spring loaded |
lift |
a reinforced socket so that a boathook on a pole can be used to open and close the window |
sash pulley |
the ropes pass over a brass or iron pulley |
The earliest sash windows did not have ropes and pulleys and were instead propped open with a stick.
Edwardian sash catch
Edwardian lift
boathook (modern) |
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