A transom is a window placed above the top frame of a window or door. Historically, when ceilings were higher and heating and cooling systems were rudimentary, transom windows were an essential part of a home’s ventilation. They are mostly decorative now and often fixed in place, even though they can be installed so that they are going to open with a casement hinge.
Bosworth Hoedemaker
A room with tall ceilings can certainly handle an oversize transom window, that will let in light and keep the open texture of the room.
Logan’s Hammer Building & Renovation
A leaded glass transom window is a traditional and decorative touch above this wide opening.
Whitten Architects
Hinges enable these transom windows to open for ventilation.
Candlelight Homes
A transom window using beaded glass sits atop an open door.
Webber + Studio
These fixed transom windows are highly decorative but won’t start.
Abelow Sherman Architects LLC
A stained glass transom window lines up visually using the frieze above the adjoining door to get a balanced look.
Gaulhofer Windows
Since these windows are split by a header and not the window frame, they would be known as clerestory, maybe not transom windows.
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