Georgian windows and external shutters

[charlieboy]

Did Georgian windows ever have shutters on the outside?

The reason I ask is that I have always assumed that my house did not have shutters. The windows are set on the inner skin of 9 inch brickwork so there can be nowhere for the internal shutters to fold up into.
However, I have been looking at a website called the British Newspaper Archive. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
(This is an excellent resource if you are trying to research you house history.)
I have found a reference to my house and it seems that in 1861 a burglar broke in through “the sash and shutters” so it must have had shutters.

A gold watch worth £60 was stolen.That is about £6500 in today's money. She also had £40 (ie £4000ish ) in cash that the burglars missed!

CB

 

[JoceAndChris]

Nice find! Yes, external shutters were a thing.

 

[88v8]

The article could have been referring to internal shutters.

Ambiguous.
But what can one expect of a journalist who can't even spel Ferrrriday....

Ivor

 

[Tc345]

See here for an example of a Georgian looking frontage with shutters: https://goo.gl/maps/6csugNPhaL92

Not my house but just somewhere that I've noticed in the past! It's a nice looking house too.

 

[Flyfisher]

Did Georgian windows ever have shutters on the outside?

We have some metalwork 'clips' on our walls that look to me as if they could have been used to secure external shutters over our Georgian windows. They are quite crudely made and are basically a large spike driven into the underlying timber frame with a 'clip' that rotates freely through 360 degrees.

Having said that, there are no obvious signs of external shutters and a 1908 photo of the house doesn't show any shutters, so if there ever were any then they must have been removed a long time ago (or fell apart and were not replaced?).

Any other ideas about what these 'clips' might have been used for?

 

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