Dormer Window Habitats


Gable dormers	Mostly found in Colonial Revival, Georgian, Shingle, Queen Anne, Stick, Chateauesque, Tudor, and Craftsman homes. Their history roots were in the 16th century during the English Tudor period. However, they can also be found in Arts & Crafts, Federal, and Gothic Revival styles. Gothic Revival features steeply pitched gable dormers filled with multiple geometric panes and accented with cutout bargeboard ornaments.
Hipped dormers aka Jerkinhead, clipped, shreadhead These dormers have a hipped roof with three sloping planes that meet at the top.	Prairie, Shingle, Craftsman, houses with hipped roofs. Craftsman dormers are exposed, extended rafter ends on a hipped dormer.
Arched dormers	Second Empire, Beaux Arts, French Eclectic.
Shed dormers These have a roof with a single sloping plane extending over the window.	Craftsman, Arts & Crafts, Colonial Revival.
Eyebrow dormers Eyebrow dormers have a low upward curve, with no distinct vertical sides, allowing for a curved window that looks much like an eye behind drooping eyelids.	Shingle, Romanesque, Queen Anne. Eyebrow dormers are often seen in shingled roofs particularly in the Shingle style of architecture popular in the late 19th century.
Pedimented dormers	The pediment is a triangular gable across the window. Georgian, Federal, Colonial Revival styles
Round or oval dormers	French Eclectic, Beaux Arts, possibly Italian Renaissance.
Through-the-cornice dormers	Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival, Neoclassical, Second Empire styles.
Composite dormers include several of the above forms.

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