on house, clapboards hung @ angle match window.
dormer windows, can leave room cold, unusual in vermont, particularly in older construction; windows placed in walls. when house expanded, example kitchen wing or attached shed, there may little wall space available in gable end in put window, may window available upper floor room (if there no dormer—adding dormer existing roof problematic, involves puncturing roof membrane).
the solution rotate window until long edge parallel nearby roof line, better maximize space available window. thus, not window area (and incoming light , ventilation) maximized, building or buying custom window avoided. window removed wall may re-used.
an alternative explanation orientation of window getting @ least 1 corner of window far possible in interior of house allows hot air (which rises top of room) escape on summer afternoons. however, reasoning seems suspect, vermont not hot many other locations, while windows not ubiquitous. if heat escape goal, diagonal windows placed in other walls well.
the diagonal orientation of window can complicate placement of siding (such clapboards) on wall in window hung, because if siding horizontal, meet window frame @ acute angle, complicating both cutting of siding , waterproofing of frame-siding joint. 1 solution orient of siding on wall parallel window frame.
a unusual example of diagonal window set in brick wall.
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