by: Connor Y.
Roof Styles
Gable Roof: The Triangular section of a wall formed by the end of a pointed roof.
Gambrel Roof: A roof with two slopes on each side, the lower slope having a steeper pitch.
Hip Roof: A roof with slopes on all four sides.
Salt Box: Long pitched roof that slopes down the back.
Mansard: A roof that has four sloping sides, each of which become steeper halfway down.
Housing Characteristics
Bay Window: Two or more windows the protude out of a wall.
Casement Window: A window that opens by swinging like a door.
Clapboard: Long, narrow boards overlapped to cover the outer walls.
Dormer: A window that has its own gable.
Eaves: The portion of the roof that projects beyond the wall.
Fanlight: A semicircle above a door.
Palladian Window: Three part window with a large arched center and flanking rectangular sidelights.
Pediment: Triangular crown used over doors.
Portico: Large porch ussually with a pedimented roof supported by classical pillars.
Rafter: Roof beam sloping from the ridge to the wall.
Sidelights: Windows on either side of the door.
Turret: Small tower.
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