Dormer, the Glossary
A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof.[1]
Table of Contents
33 relations: Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Bungalow, Châteauesque, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Coplanarity, English Gothic architecture, François Mansart, Gable, General Permitted Development Order, Gothic architecture, Gov.uk, Hip roof, Laneway house, Loft, Loft conversions in the United Kingdom, Lucarne, Mansard roof, Middle French, National park, New World Queen Anne Revival architecture, Planning permission, Protected area, Revivalism (architecture), Roof pitch, Roof window, Spire, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, The Broads, Town and Country Planning Association, Ulster, Vancouver, Vernacular architecture, Yale University Press.
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB;, AHNE) is one of 46 areas of countryside in England, Wales, or Northern Ireland that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value.
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Bungalow
A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is single-storey, and may be surrounded by wide verandas.
Châteauesque
Châteauesque (or Francis I style,Whiffen, Marcus, American Architecture Since 1780: A guide to the styles, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1969, p. 142. or in Canada, the Château Style) is a revivalist architectural style based on the French Renaissance architecture of the monumental châteaux of the Loire Valley from the late fifteenth century to the early seventeenth century.
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Christ Church Cathedral is the cathedral of the Anglican diocese of Oxford, which consists of the counties of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire.
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Coplanarity
In geometry, a set of points in space are coplanar if there exists a geometric plane that contains them all.
English Gothic architecture
English Gothic is an architectural style that flourished from the late 12th until the mid-17th century.
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François Mansart
François Mansart (23 January 1598 – 23 September 1666) was a French architect credited with introducing classicism into the Baroque architecture of France.
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Gable
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. Dormer and gable are architectural elements and roofs.
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General Permitted Development Order
The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (the "GPDO 2015") is a statutory instrument, applying in England, that grants planning permission for certain types of development without the requirement for approval from the local planning authority (such development is then referred to as permitted development).
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Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.
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Gov.uk
gov.uk (styled on the site as GOV.UK) is a United Kingdom public sector information website, created by the Government Digital Service to provide a single point of access to HM Government services.
Hip roof
A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope, with variants including tented roofs and others. Dormer and hip roof are roofs.
Laneway house
A laneway house is a form of detached secondary suites in Canada built into pre-existing lots, usually in the backyard and opening onto the back lane.
Loft
A loft is a building's upper storey or elevated area in a room directly under the roof (American usage), or just an attic: a storage space under the roof usually accessed by a ladder (primarily British usage).
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Loft conversions in the United Kingdom
A loft conversion or an attic conversion is the process of transforming an empty attic space or loft into a functional room, typically used as a bedroom, office space, a gym, or storage space.
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Lucarne
In general architecture a lucarne is a dormer window. Dormer and lucarne are architectural elements.
Mansard roof
A mansard or mansard roof (also called French roof or curb roof) is a multi-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper, and often punctured by dormer windows. Dormer and mansard roof are architectural elements and roofs.
Middle French
Middle French (moyen français) is a historical division of the French language that covers the period from the mid-14th to the early 17th century.
National park
A national park is a nature park designated for conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance.
New World Queen Anne Revival architecture
In the New World, Queen Anne Revival was a historicist architectural style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Planning permission
Planning permission or building permit refers to the approval needed for construction or expansion (including significant renovation), and sometimes for demolition, in some jurisdictions.
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Protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values.
Revivalism (architecture)
Architectural revivalism is the use of elements that echo the style of a previous architectural era that have or had fallen into disuse or abeyance between their heyday and period of revival.
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Roof pitch
Roof pitch is the steepness of a roof expressed as a ratio of inch(es) rise per horizontal foot (or their metric equivalent), or as the angle in degrees its surface deviates from the horizontal.
Roof window
A roof window is an outward opening window that is incorporated as part of the design of a roof. Dormer and roof window are roofs and windows.
Spire
A spire is a tall, slender, pointed structure on top of a roof of a building or tower, especially at the summit of church steeples. Dormer and spire are architectural elements.
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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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The Broads
The Broads (known for marketing purposes as The Broads National Park) is a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
Town and Country Planning Association
The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) is an independent research and campaigning charity founded and based in the United Kingdom.
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Ulster
Ulster (Ulaidh or Cúige Uladh; Ulstèr or Ulster) is one of the four traditional or historic Irish provinces.
Vancouver
Vancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.
Vernacular architecture
Vernacular architecture (also folk architecture) is building done outside any academic tradition, and without professional guidance.
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Yale University Press
Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormer
Also known as Attic window, Blind dormer, Dormer window, Dormer windows, Dormered, Dormers, Eyebrow dormer, Nantucket dormer, Shed dormer, Wall dormer, Wall-dormer.