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Identifying feature

Oriel window

A bay window that projects from an upper floor without reaching the ground, carried on brackets or a corbel (a stepped stone support). It is common on Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival and Chicago School buildings.

a sign of these styles

Harkness Tower, New Haven, Connecticut: an example of Collegiate Gothic Collegiate Gothic c. 1890–1940 Stone quadrangles with pointed-arch gateways, Tudor arches, tall towers, oriel windows and mullioned windows on university campuses. House of the Black Madonna, Prague, Czech Republic: an example of Czech Cubism Czech Cubism c. 1911–1925 Prague facades broken into prisms and pyramids: faceted planes, angled window frames, and later round arches and ovals.

often seen with

Bay window A window projecting from the main wall, usually with three angled sides or a curved front. Bell tower A tall tower that holds bells or a clock, rising from or beside a church or public building. Belt course A flat horizontal band of stone or brick running across a facade between floors, also called a stringcourse. Buttress A mass of stone or brick built against an outside wall to resist the outward push, called thrust, of the roof. Courtyard An open-air space enclosed by the walls of a building or group of buildings. Crenellation A parapet, or low wall along a roof edge, with raised blocks called merlons alternating with gaps called… Geometric ornament Decoration made of zigzags, chevrons (V shapes), stepped forms and other repeated geometric shapes instead… Parapet A low wall rising above the edge of a roof, terrace or balcony.