Thursday, September 26, 2013

Parts of an Outter House

Bay Window is a set of two or more windows that protrde out from the wall.

Casement window opends by swining inwared or outwored.

Clapboard also known as weatherboard or siding, Long narrow boards overlaping to cover the outer walls.

Classical refors to the architecture and design Ideas of agcient Rome and Greece.


Dormer is the setting for a vertical window in the roof.


 Eaves is the potion of the roof that projects beyond the wall.


Facade is the frount or "face" of the biulding.




Fanlight Is a semicirclar or ached window above a door.

Gabrle is the triangular section of a wall formed by the end of a pointed gabled roof.
 
 


Gambrel is a roof with two slopes on each side. Looks like a barn.


Hipped roof is a roof ware all four sides meet at a point.

Palladian window a three part window featuring a large arched center and flanking rectangular sidelights.

Pediment is a triangular crown used over doors, windows, or porches.

Portico is a large porch usually with a pediment roof supported by classical columns or pillars.


Rafter is a roof beam sloping from the ridge to the wall. Mostly visible in the attic
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Sidelights are windows on either side of a door.

Stucco is a mixture of cement, sand, and lime applied to exterior walls as a covering.

Turret is a small tower, often at the corner of a building.

                                       
 

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