Housing Accessories

Bay Window - A window built to project outward from an outside wall.

Casement Window - a window with one or more casements.

Clapboard - known as bevel siding or lap siding or weatherboard.

Dormer - A window that projects vertically from a sloping roof.

 

Eaves- The part of a roof that meets or overhangs the walls of a building.

 
 

 

Fanlight- small semicircular/rectangular window over a door or another window.

Palladian Window: A large window consisting of a central arched section flanked by two narrow rectangular sections.

 

 Pediment: The triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style, typically surmounting a portico of columns.

Portico: A structure consisting of a roof supported by columns at regular intervals, typically attached as a porch to a building.

Rafter: A beam forming part of the internal framework of a roof.

Sidelight: A light placed at the side of something

Turret: A small tower on top of a larger tower or at the corner of a building or wall, typically of a castle