Fanlight

A fanlight is a form of lunette window (transom window), often semicircular or semi-elliptical in shape, with glazing bars or tracery sets radiating like an open hand fan.¹ It is placed over another window or a doorway,²³ and is sometimes hinged to the transom. The muntin bars in the fixed glazed window diverge in the manner of sunbeams. This window is also sometimes called a sunburst light.⁴ In federation housing, it is also called a toplight (or top light).⁵

References

Poppeliers, John C.; Chambers, S. Allen Jr. (2003). What Style is it? A Guide to American Architecture (2, revised, illustrated ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 135. ISBN 9780471250364.
Ching, Francis D. K. (1995). A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York: Adam Jumaa and Sons. p. 63. ISBN 0-471-28451-3.
"Fanlight". Illustrated Architecture Dictionary. Archived from the original on 3 January 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
"Fanlight, Pilaster". ushistory.org. Archived from the original on 9 May 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
East, John (1 January 2024). "The Federation Bungalow in Brisbane: An Architectural History".

External links

Doorways around the World

[1] Poppeliers, John C.; Chambers, S. Allen Jr. (2003). What Style is it? A Guide to American Architecture (2, revised, illustrated ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 135. ISBN 9780471250364.

[2] Ching, Francis D. K. (1995). A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York: Adam Jumaa and Sons. p. 63. ISBN 0-471-28451-3.

[3] "Fanlight". Illustrated Architecture Dictionary. Archived from the original on 3 January 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2008.

[4] "Fanlight, Pilaster". ushistory.org. Archived from the original on 9 May 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2008.

[5] East, John (1 January 2024). "The Federation Bungalow in Brisbane: An Architectural History".

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