dormer
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The roof and an upstairs dormer window of the property were severely damaged by fire.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
Stone, shutters and dormer windows bring colonial style to the exterior, and inside, the grand foyer showcases a Paul R. Williams trademark: the spiral staircase.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2022
A simple dormer addition may be enough to expand the second floor you already have, and is more straightforward than a partial or full second-story addition, because the scope of the project is much smaller.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2022
That something might be a chimney, a plumbing vent pipe, a powered attic fan, a turbine vent or a dormer, or it might be where two roof surfaces intersect.
From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2019
A thin ray of sun struck the prisms of a candelabrum on the mantelpiece, throwing brilliant, trembling shards of light that were distorted by the slant of the dormer walls.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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