Victorian Era Architectural styles Definitions

Bay Window

• A window that sticks out of a house, that can have windows on the side of it.

• A molding going around a house with rectangle holes in it.

• A round or square shaped post usually holding up the roof.

• A window that sticks out from the roof that has a roof of its own.

• Wood siding used on a house.

Dentils

• The piece that runs along where the roof and wall meets.

• A molding going around a house with rectangle holes in it.

• A round or square shaped post usually holding up the roof.

• The triangular part at the end of a building formed by the two sides of a sloping roof.

• Wood siding used on a house.

Column

• The piece that runs along where the roof and wall meets.

• The triangular part at the end of a building formed by the two sides of a sloping roof.

• A round or square shaped post usually holding up the roof.

• A window that sticks out from the roof that has a roof of its own.

• Wood siding used on a house.

Dormer

• The piece that runs along where the roof and wall meets.

• The upper part of a wall or story.

• The piece that comes out from the roof and covers the porch.

• A window that sticks out from the roof that has a roof of its own.

• Wood siding used on a house.

Clapboard Siding

• The piece that runs along where the roof and wall meets.

• The upper part of a wall or story.

• The piece that comes out from the roof and covers the porch.

• A post that goes across the top of a window or door.

• Wood siding used on a house.

Cornice

• The piece that runs along where the roof and wall meets.

• The upper part of a wall or story.

• The piece that comes out from the roof and covers the porch.

• A post that goes across the top of a window or door.

• Wood siding used on a house.

Entablature

• A porch with a roof.

• The upper part of a wall or story.

• The piece that comes out from the roof and covers the porch.

• A post that goes across the top of a window or door.

• A roof with two slopes, and often it is flat on top.

Gable

• The triangular part at the end of a building formed by the two sides of a sloping roof.

• The upper part of a wall or story.

• The piece that comes out from the roof and covers the porch.

• A post that goes across the top of a window or door.

• A roof with two slopes, and often it is flat on top.

Pediment

• A porch with a roof.

• The upper part of a wall or story.

• The piece that comes out from the roof and covers the porch.

• A window or panel, usually operable, above a window or door.

• A roof with two slopes, and often it is flat on top.

Lintel

• A porch with a roof.

• The upper part of a wall or story.

• A post that goes across the top of a window or door.

• A window or panel, usually operable, above a window or door.

• A roof with two slopes, and often it is flat on top.