school windows

[gdf26562]

Hi,

Hoping someone can assist with identifying windows I have in an old school that I recently bought, the school itself is intact with accomodation added on some years ago.

I am in the process of removing the old windows and stripping them back and removing layers of paint.

As you can see by the photos, the window is opened by pulling the window out and up, and as it is on what is essentially a pivot, the top comes out and down, bringing the windows to rest in the center of the window frame allowing hot air out and cold air in, supposedly.

The brass work is all painted over but in good working order.

This is the first time I have seen these type of windows and if someone could put a name of what they might be called it will assist in getting spares if needed.

cheers
Graham

[AlexS]

I believe they're called hopper windows, though a builder might correct me.
Is that Nana Glen school? A friend taught there many years ago. We used to own Mundongo School, which she said was the same design. Wish I still lived there, but was dragged kicking & screaming back to Sydney (don't ask.)

[gdf26562]

Thanks for that, not Nana glen, although i know that area well, the school is at Alison, near dungog.

[Xanthorrhoeas]

I have always understood hopper windows to be simply hinged at the top and just pushed out from/at the base. These appear hinged at the base and pulled in from the top. That is quite different to my understanding of a hopper window. Maybe they are "school windows" aka government extravaganza spending windows?

[Lappa]

I was led to believe hopper windows hinged at the bottom and awning windows hinged from the top. I have seen those school windows referred to as hopper casement windows in some literature.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I've also heard 'em called hopper pivot windows.

[gdf26562]

Thanks for the input guys.