Bay Window
A set of two or more windows that move out from the wall
Casement Window
A window that opens by swinging inward or outward much like a door.
Clapboard
Boards overlapped to cover outer walls.
Dormer
A setting of vertical window in the roof called a gable dormer mostly found in upstairs rooms.
Eaves
The portion of a roof that project beyond the wall.
Fanlight
A semicircular or arched window above a door.
Palladian Window
A three part window featuring a large arched center and flanking rectangular sides.
Pediment
Triangular crown used over doors, windows, or porches.
Portico
A large porch usually with a pedimented roof supported by plliars.
Rafter
A roof beam sloping from the ridge to the wall. Rafters are visible in the attic.
Sidelights
Windows on either side of the door.
Turret
A small tower normally on the corner of the building.
Gable Roof
Gable roofs slope downward from a central ridge.
Gambrel Roof
Barn style (each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one.)
Hip Roof
Hipped roofs have sloping ends and sides.
Saltbox Roof
Two stories in front and one in back having a pitched roof with unequal sides, being short and high in front with long and low in back.
Mansard Roof
A four sides roof having a double slope on all sides with lower slope much steeper than the upper.
