Gable roofs
The triangular section of a wall formed by the end of a point of the roof.
Gambrel roofs
A roof with two slopes on each side, the lower slope having the steeper pitch.
Hip roof
A roof with slopes on all four sides of the house.
Saltbox
The way the house appears to have three triangles on the front side of the house.
Mansard
The way the windows appears to be vertical lines and horizontal lines.
Housing Charateristics
Bay window
A set of tow or more windows the protrude out from the wall.
Casement window
A window that opens by swinging inward or outward.
Clapboard
Long narrow boards overlapped to cover the outer walls.
Dormer
The setting for a vertical window in the roof.
Eaves
The portion of the roof.
Fanlight
A semicircle or arch of a window above the roof.
Palladian window
A three part window featuring a large arched center and flaking rectangle sidelights.
Pediment
A triangular crown used over doors, windows, or porches.
Portico
A large porch usually with a pediment roof.
Rafter
A roof beam slopping from the ridge to the wall.
Sidelights
Windows in either side of a door.
Turret
A small tower, often at the corner of a building.
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