Nina - that was my thought too!A look on Google about the 'Window Tax' says:- "From 1696-1851, taxes were levied on the basis of how many windows you had. As is well-known, this did lead to people blocking up their windows to reduce their tax liability. However, many of the 'blocked' windows which are pointed out today as examples of the tax were actually architectural features installed so as to create a symmetrical look, and were never intended to function as windows."There are a number of buildings in Acton with the 'bricked up windows', but they were built after the window tax - for example The Kings Head, which was rebuilt in 1893, and the upper floors in 1923 after a fire. Dexters, the estate agent on the corner of Market Place has bricked up windows as does 1, Churchfield Road, next to Acton Central Station.
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