| 单词 | dormer |
| 例句 | After prayers, after lights-out, Jutta sneaks up to her brother’s dormer; instead of drawing together, they lie hip to hip listening till midnight, till one, till two. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Nothing of the houses but the roof sticks out above the snow, and the winter-doors may be set under the eaves or in the roof itself, like dormers. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He likes the dormer window he sees first thing in the mornings when he opens his eyes and looking at Battell Chapel. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Even with the afternoon sunlight slanting in through the dormer windows, the farthest reaches of the attic were deep in shadow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Two broad dormer windows looked out toward the Gulf, and as far across it as a man’s eye might reach. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Stepping inside, one found oneself in a small living room with slanted walls and dormer windows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Sander led me upstairs to a small dormer room. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z On certain nights the moonlight had flooded through his dormer window and bathed everything in blue, beguiling shadows that prevented him from sleeping. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But Werner carries the receiver up to his attic dormer and studies it for hours. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His whole body feels heavy as he carries the radio up to the dormer. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We slept upstairs in small rooms with dormer ceilings. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z They bought a contemporary Cape house with dormer windows, with a lot of land around it, meadow and forest, where the dogs could run and the children could play. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Levered windows nestle in each dormer, providing a clear view of the bay and the marina beyond. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z 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. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He misses the sound of rain on the zinc roof above his dormer; the feral energy of the orphans; the scratchy singing of Frau Elena as she rocks a baby in the parlor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When Ash woke up, Gwen was still asleep, and the early dawn light was sliding through the gaps in the shutters over the dormer window. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There were two windows in the roof, one was blocked with boards, the other was a narrow dormer window on the north side. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He recollected that on a good day in winter, when the maple trees stood bare, he could look through his dormer window out beyond the trees and see the green salt water to the southwest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z While the other children play hopscotch in the alley or swim in the canal, Werner sits alone in his upstairs dormer, experimenting with the radio receiver. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The front of the plant was a brick commercial building of the nineteenth century with a mansard roof that bulged out into several rococo dormer windows, the panes of which were mostly cracked. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But then why, peeking out the dormer window, did I see, on the morning after our second night in the attic, a tank rolling by our front lawn? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then she’ll send him up to the little cot he has claimed for himself in the attic, pressed up beneath the window of a dormer. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When he tired of making faces, he carried me to the dormer window, where, together, from the opposite ends of life, we gazed down at our leafy neighborhood. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I took my prosecco and my laptop to a common room with vaulted ceiling and big dormer windows with heavy dark velvet drapes. A Gothic Tour of Italy 2011-10-28T18:55:00Z Add Distinction to A Roof With Dormers Few things dress up a bland roof like a good-looking dormer. Get Great Curb Appeal 2012-07-18T18:20:00.693Z Our two rooms with dormer windows were cozy, adjoined by a bathroom. A Maine Inn With a Storied Past Gets a Modern Makeover 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Multiple alcoves, pert dormers, and deeply vaulted ceilings made of painted wood are the second floor’s most arresting aspects, many reflected in the picturesque shape of the roofline. A Stunning Hamptons House with Modern-Meets-Victorian Interiors 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z A massive mansard roof with dormers, tall windows and paired doors at the above-grade entrance all indicate Second Empire. Take an architectural walking tour of Norfolk 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z The decor is such that diners have the impression they’re sitting outside, with interior facades that look like houses, replete with windows, shutters and dormer roofs. 10 of the best hidden bars and restaurants in New York 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Colonial Revival and Greek Revival touches can be seen in its dormers and other roof projections. Take an architectural walking tour of Norfolk 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Their foundations slant, their sills sag and they are squashed together, dormer windows at the top and little storefronts at street level. The French Side of Basque Country 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Sixteen months earlier on our first call, Angel told me she had gone to the library to read about framing and building dormers. Try your hand at DIY, like this dormer project (with a little confidence) 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z An attic conversion could need dormers to elevate the roofline and turn it into a bathroom or bedroom that meets the code. Room to grow: Finding ways to add space to your home without a major remodel | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z They can add copper strips at the top of all the ridges on the roofs and dormers that will arrest the aging process of the shingles. Make your asphalt shingles last 50 years 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z 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. In Little Holmby, a Paul R. Williams gem lists for the first time in 50 years 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Here’s a partial list of things that are not a roof: plumbing vent pipe, chimney, skylights, powered roof ventilator, attic or room dormer, a wall that’s next to and rises above a roof. Perspective | Good flashings defend against roof leaks 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z “I read a lot of books about how to frame and build dormers, but they left many questions unanswered,” she said. Try your hand at DIY, like this dormer project (with a little confidence) 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Here’s a partial list of things that are not a roof: plumbing vent pipe, chimney, skylight, powered roof ventilator, attic or room dormer, and a wall that’s next to and rises above a roof. Good flashings defend against roof leaks 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z A new insulated roof and dormers expanded the head space. Once an Escape, Now a Home 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z If adding an additional story to your home is beyond your budget or time limits — and both are considerable for a project of this size — Adler suggests adding big dormers. Look up: How to use your home’s vertical space in small, medium and big ways | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Some people also paid for customized add-ons to their homes, like dormers or a porch. They took a chance on collaborative living and lost everything 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Angel told me they only bought a circular saw, a reciprocating saw and a nail gun to build the dormer. Try your hand at DIY, like this dormer project (with a little confidence) 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z 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. Moving on up: Is a second-story addition worth it? 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z As their dormer bungalow falls into council tax band E, they won't be eligible for the £150 rebate being offered. Soaring prices: 'I may have to move back in with my parents' 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Flashing is found near chimneys, dormers, skylight, plumbing vent pipes and any other vents that extend from the roof to expel air from your home. Understand the process before having your new roof installed 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Options such as board and batten siding, painted brick, metal roofing, and dormers add variety to the emerging community. At this new home community, a little vacation is within walking distance 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Believe it or not, it only takes those and a few more simple tools to build a dormer. Try your hand at DIY, like this dormer project (with a little confidence) 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z That work included a mostly new support structure of rafters and sheathing, and a return to the original roof line by removing three dormers that were added during the time the home was apartments. Woman slowly restoring historic Davenport house 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z Across the facade, Juliet balconies and dormer windows draw the eye. Kristin Tutor seeks $29.9 million for Holmby Hills mansion 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z There’s a lounge with a wet bar and a bedroom with an en suite bathroom that has a shower built into one of the dormers. The Northwest Washington house was the scene of many a sumptuous social gathering 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Upstairs, there’s a loft with two dormer nooks and a master suite with a marble bathroom and private balcony. Baseball agent Scott Boras inks deal for Newport Beach home 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z A dormer is a roofed structure for a window. Try your hand at DIY, like this dormer project (with a little confidence) 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z From the Great Lakes to the Black Hills, property owners worried about climate change find themselves debating the fine points of dormer contours and shingle color with preservationists worried about architectural integrity. When saving the planet spoils the charm of historic houses 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z A steep roof and dormer windows accentuate the traditional style. Hot Property Newsletter: There's music in the real estate air 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z A steep roof and dormer windows accentuate the Traditional style. Country and blues singer-songwriter John Hiatt closes a door in Nashville 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Quoin stones anchor the corners, dormers punctuate the slate tile roof, and balconies with balustrades add a decorative effect to the exteriors. Vintage SoCal: A haute spot for Francophiles in Hancock Park 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z So, days ago, when I looked at Angel’s text, I saw a photo of a completed dormer poking out of a steep slate roof on a century-old home. Try your hand at DIY, like this dormer project (with a little confidence) 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z A wide portico with white columns and dormer windows embellish the facade. Dodgers exec Joe Crowley sells his Orlando base of operations 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Exposed brickwork, a trio of dormers and a covered front porch lend classic curb appeal to the two-story. Actors Topher and Ashley Grace buy in La Cañada Flintridge 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z Built in 2018, the two-story home pays homage to Boston’s colonial style with dormer windows and a weather vane up top. Former Celtic Aron Baynes looks to pass Boston-area townhome 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Historically sensitive updates, chef’s kitchen, three fireplaces; exterior dormers, rocking chair verandah, stone walls, brick walkways, stream on property. Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z “Hi, friend. It’s Angel. The dormer went really well,” she wrote. Try your hand at DIY, like this dormer project (with a little confidence) 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Down the third-floor hallway — past a linen closet, a laundry and a bathroom — are two bedrooms at the front that extend into the roof dormers. An enclave for active seniors in Fairfax County 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Smaller additions such as dormers generally fall in the midrange category. Calculating the cost to remodel in Seattle | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z They include brick-veneer facades, vinyl siding in various color schemes, and optional porches, bay windows and roof dormers. Looking for less ‘hustle and bustle,’ they found Landsdale, a new development in Frederick County, Md. 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Large dormer windows in the living room offer sweeping views of the Washington skyline. Kalorama condominiums were once the Holton-Arms School for girls 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Vinyl siding, brick and stone cladding, roof gables and dormers, and windows are varied so that no two houses will look alike. Flexibility is built into the plan at Potomac Reserve 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Two bedrooms and one full bathroom are on the second level and a third bedroom with dormer windows and a full bathroom are on the third level. Three-bedroom, two-bathroom end-unit townhouse in Silver Spring, Md., lists for $349,500 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z 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. Analysis | What to do about a leaking roof flashing 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z I loved them—loved their vibrant colors, their anachronistic stick-built architecture of flower boxes and dormer windows, in a dusty, forgotten town of stucco and trailers. The Ghost of Dennis Hof Haunts the Nevada Midterms 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Homes that haven’t outright collapsed are missing roofs, dormers and balconies. Without power and living in tents: Florida Panhandle struggles after Michael 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Neighbors purchased the parcel in 2002, colorfully restoring the residence’s front end, floorboards and basement while adding reverse shed dormers and a cupola, eventually adorning the property with three more houses and a shared garden. The original base camp for REI 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z And while college dormers are encouraged to participate in dorm activities, it is not required. The benefits of attending boarding school | Provided by Annie Wright Schools 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Stoke-on-Trent council turned down two retrospective planning applications for the £500,000 house due to complaints over the height and dormer windows. House '30in too tall' risks demolition 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The 2½-story home has a large front gabled dormer and a second-story balcony over a full-width porch that features square columns to support the roof. Historical McGillic home found on Mandan tour 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The biggest structural challenge of the renovation was to remove the ugly dormer and rebuild it, using Welsh slate tiles to clad the roof and Portland stone to recreate its original decorative pediment. Luxury Homes in London With Ties to the Titanic 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z “A lot of porches, extensions out back and dormer windows have been added,” Wolfe said. The neighborhood where people settle in 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Its interior has three and a half levels and a central silo, with four gambrel dormers spaced evenly around the edge and a cupola at the top. EXCHANGE: Henry County round barn badly needs new roof 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z He said he wants to redo the house’s exterior in stucco and would like to put in second-floor dormer windows. EXCHANGE: Cambridge man’s home literally his castle 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Workers removed dormers that were added to the home in the 1900s, replaced the roof, fixed the interior and demolished all modern buildings, including a Comfort Inn. Robert E. Lee’s Gettysburg headquarters gets $6M facelift 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Each of the 12 dormer windows are flanked by statues Ms. Veselka modelled after similar ones she saw in Monaco. A Massive Castle in Colorado Seeks $17.5 Million 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Setting the letter aside, Majd crossed to one of the attic’s dormer windows and sat, staring out at the street, for a long time. Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z While the friends group tackles smaller barn projects, such as repairing metal flashing at dormer windows, the roof work is beyond their abilities or pocketbook. EXCHANGE: Henry County round barn badly needs new roof 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z See that brick federal building with its hipped roof, dormer windows and stone keystones? In Washington, D.C., reminders of America’s dark history of segregation 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z You need to remove the finished siding on the sides of the dormer. How to fix a roof ‘canyon’ that ices up and leaks into the house 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Because the four-story structure is designated a landmark, the brick facade must be restored, including its graceful sloped roof, dormer windows and arched doorways. Luxury Condos in a Former NoLIta Orphanage 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Bay and dormer windows and a pitched roof add character to the 3,665-square-foot, five-bedroom main house, which is surrounded by a driveway. Diane Keaton puts her stamp on Pacific Palisades renovation 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z They snuck boys into the dormer and rarely included me in their conversations. This Haunting Novel About Twins Is Being Told On Instagram 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z But the contemporary backdrop of off-white plaster walls — fireplace chase included — helps tame rustic elements and magnifies daylight streaming through windows on a shed dormer. Family cabin on the lakeshore: 4 generations of memories 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z It has two dormers to provide more light and headspace. These Tiny Homes Live Largish But Would You Want One? 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The six-sided Victorian cottage is painted white and has a pitched red roof, dormer windows and bright-green shutters. Renovated Chesapeake Bay lighthouse is ready to weather the next century 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z A professional can seal the dime-sized openings that allow bats to enter buildings through siding, dormer windows and loose mortar, Hays said. Lafayette tenant bitten by bat wants out of lease 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z “Even so, the new buildings are not any taller than the original home’s peaked roof and dormer windows.” Architectural sleight of hand in Washington’s Kalorama neighborhood 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z The pattern of planks is emphasized by painting them different colors — a white awning, pink dormer windows and a bright green border around the fourth floor. South Africa: Wooden Rastafarian house is distinctive 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z And under its dormers that last day of August 1954 slept her three children: A sunny toddler with platinum blonde hair and a weak stomach sphincter, known around the house, mostly affectionately, as Miss Urp. My Polio, My Mother's Choice 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z American, Vermont and Austrian flags flutter from the dark stained wooden lodge with its chockablock of dormers, a bell tower and traditional carved Austrian motifs. Revisiting the Real von Trapps as 'The Sound of Music' Turns 50 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z They include everything from hip roofs to oversized Palladian windows to columned front porches and dormer windows. Buying New | Mill Branch Estates offers posh country homes, but still near suburbia 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z The judge’s opinion says the four were working as under-the-table laborers, fixing up an unoccupied house, when they found the money hidden in a second-floor dormer. Charges dismissed against Pa. crew that found $60K 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Gables, porches and dormer windows contribute to the traditional look of the neighborhood. Silver Spring’s Layhill Overlook: Traditional homes with open feel in a serene setting 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The 3,800-square-foot main family house belonging to the CNN founder has five bedrooms, five baths, large screened porch, extensive woodwork, dormer windows and a caretaker’s house. Inside the Beltway: Immigration and Obama’s audacity 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z His use of gables and repetitive decorative dormers are more of a residential touch, and the central spire of the main hospital building is more decorative than anything else, Cunningham said. Defunct sanatorium at center of new state park 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z It looked like something from a storybook, complete with dormer windows and lush, colourful garden. 'Am I being catfished?' An author confronts her number one online critic 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z But your finished home will have dormers and gables! Leave Your Wings at the Door 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Dairy barns with the gambrel roofs, roof dormers and multiple windows are common. Owners work to preserve wooden barns, heritage 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z With its boxy design, center dormer window and wide front porch, the American Foursquare house, built in 1907, is typical of the style that took hold between the late 1890s and 1930s. Akon produces a dazzling flip in Woodland Hills 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Its several hundred homes reflect various architectural features found in historic Alexandria: dormer windows, balconies, bay windows and front porches. Looking to buy something new? Look at Potomac Yard in Alexandria. He started the fire in a wardrobe in the children's bedroom of the dormer bungalow. Life term for sibling fire deaths 2013-09-27T14:52:28Z We put pillars or columns on the outside, we changed some of the roof lines, we put some chimneys and dormer windows in and opened up some skylights. New, expanded clubhouse to greet Memorial fans 2013-05-26T22:26:08Z Two dormers and the pitched roof suggest its original silhouette. Bowery Journal: On the Bowery, Vestiges of a Seedy Past Seep Through 2013-04-18T02:16:38Z On the only side street, I found a house that might have belonged to him—a stucco-covered house, with a dormer window above the front door, books stacked on the sill of that window. Alice Munro: “Amundsen.” 2012-08-20T04:00:00Z "Though missing their stoops and with highly altered dormers, the 19th-century origins of these row houses at 186, 188 and 190 Spring Street are still clearly legible," its Web site says. City Room: Demolition Awaits a Spring Street Row House With a Beastie Boy Connection 2012-07-11T19:54:57Z A small window opens out to the east and a small improvised dormer window about twelve by twenty inches admits light and air from the south. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z A dormer window on the roof of the oldest part of the house opened, and a figure stepped out on to a low parapet that ran round the house. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z The tower of the great minster, seen row for the first time, rose in stately brightness above the red roofs and quaint gables and the rows of dormer windows. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z It still looks very much like a Federal-style house: two and a half stories high, with a steeply pitched roof and two stout dormers. City Room: Four New (Very Old) Landmarks 2012-03-28T20:24:35Z From window and dormer, from low door-ways, from carven eaves and gables, gaunt faces looked down on the stir, and pale lips prayed, and dull eyes glowed with hope. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Stone steps set in the hill-side led up to an orchard, through which, bordered by a garden, walks of gravel stretched to the veranda of the white-pillared house with its dormers and dignified portico. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z “Not only is it historic, which will drive our costs, but it’s very historic,” he said, standing by a deconstructed terra cotta dormer. Posting: Housing for Artists Gains Tax Break 2012-02-18T10:00:06Z Beautiful as Nevile's Court is, it was originally yet more beautiful, with transomed windows, and gabled dormers instead of the present eighteenth century parapet. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z For instance, a stone shield in the gable of one of the dormer windows had remained blank when all the rest were carved—simply because of a hesitation how best to fill it up. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z As the latter were built with many quaint oriels, and tiny dormers, and had lattices in side-nooks, where one least looked to find them, I was kept expecting and employed. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z “Shall I fash you here?” said Frederica, laughing, and springing up into the wide seat of one of the large dormer windows by which the room was lighted. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z They were two-story, dormer windows and basement frame houses, built without an area, the door to the basements opening like a cellar door on the street. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z Neale saw at last what she saw, a lean yellow cat crouching in ambush in a corner between a dormer window and a sky-light. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z As the cars sped over the good hard roads, past little cottages with the most attractive thatched-roofs whose dormer windows were set deep back in the thatch, the tourists were delighted. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z The center was lighted by dormer windows, here and there, that gleamed like so many eyes from the high sloping roof. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z "Of course," reflected Minna, "she must be in bed behind one of those little dormer windows fast asleep—for it must be very late." The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z And very fine houses they were, “The Beehive” especially, with its quaint dormer windows and sloping roof. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z The sun came in through a dormer window as it did in his own room. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z The usual thatched roof and dormer windows topped the building, but the roses rambled so riotously up over the thatch, and greenish moss grew in spots, that the old place had a beautiful appearance. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z Ten Eyck Hall, with its high-peaked roofs, its rambling wings and innumerable dormer windows, seemed to the four girls the very home of romance. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z Somebody was at his window, the dormer window that anybody could get at over the leads, that ought to have been securely barred but wasn't, as he suddenly remembered with aggrieved dismay. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z When the recently-revealed watercolor of this mansion-house by Benjamin Henry Latrobe is published, its features, like the roof "shingled" with dormers and the front porch of "clumsy Jacobean brickwork" may be more fully described. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z As in all houses of that date, that floor was in the roof, with dormer windows richly ornamented with carved stone pediments. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z I crossed the room and stooped to look out of the dormer window—into a shallow yard where an abandoned tin bath-tub and other unprized valuables were kept. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Tavern maids, attracted by the noise and heedless of the cold, poked their heads out of dormer windows. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z The dormer windows are all open, and there is a glimpse of a cool darkness through the open door. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z There were no dormers, and the long cedar shingles were pegged to thin oaken strips across the rafters. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z They trudged along, and stopped at the end of a row of old-fashioned brick houses, two stories, with dormer windows. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z The poor fellow sits at a broken table in the dormer. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Among the ruins of this street, in the yard of No. 18 on the left, is a building of which only the ground-floor and front with large windows and spacious dormers remain. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z Nathalie’s eyes were awe-struck as her glance traveled over the sloping roof with its red chimneys, where quaint dormer windows stood forth like thrust out heads from its gray shingles. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z The building was two-storied for the most part, but here and there dormer attic windows peeped out under the eaves of the beautifully cut thatched roof. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z It was a typical early Tidewater Virginia house—story-and-a-half, without dormers. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The ceiling of these rooms, low even in the middle, sloped to windows of half height in dormers. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z The row of dormer windows on the roof are to me great eyes that frown down upon the frivolity and thoughtlessness of the present—and those eyes are full of theology and civil rights. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Two long and very broad streets were traversed before they arrived at a neat weatherboard cottage with dormer windows and an upper floor. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z And as there were no windows in the extremities of this passage that ran due north and south, it derived all its light from the aforementioned dormer window. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Choosing dormers, porches, and porch columns that are in scale with the house. The Teaching of Art Related to the Home Suggestions for content and method in related art instruction in the vocational program in home economics 2011-06-24T02:00:19.850Z Uncle, it appeared, was at work, thatching a dormer window, which exacted his particular skill. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z There were four dormers in the gently sloping roof and two large central chimneys, besides two or three smaller ones in various parts of the roof. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z This roof, with its dormer windows, did not cover a stone vaulting, but a panelled ceiling. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z Access to this valley could be had from within by means of a little window in the roof, formed as a dormer. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z In front of the dormer window a table will fit nicely. The Teaching of Art Related to the Home Suggestions for content and method in related art instruction in the vocational program in home economics 2011-06-24T02:00:19.850Z The house is a long low brick one, with dormer windows, in the midst of an old orchard. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z I was looking out of one of the dormer windows as she spoke, and saw little Pete on the white Percheron, galloping clumsily up the driveway. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z He merely described the cutting his passage through the floor above his cell—his dropping from the dormer window—the alarm caused to the sentinels, and its instant subsidence. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z The night was cloudless, and the full moon shone slanting in through the dormer and painted a brilliant silver strip on the wall opposite. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z They are named dormer windows because they are found chiefly in attic bedrooms. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z "Oh, we will soon manage that," said he, and opened the dormer window. In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life 2011-04-14T02:00:53.733Z Above, in the main house, there were four large bedrooms with dormer windows and wide shallow fireplaces. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z How to creep through the dormer window and let himself down outside were naturally the first questions that suggested themselves. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z My impression at the moment was that there was a burglar on the leads trying to enter the house by means of this dormer. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Her work table and her other little writing table were in their accustomed place, near the dormer window that looks on the garden, and as it was open I peeped out. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The old house, a rambling two storey building, half-wood, half-brick, abounding in gables and dormer windows which gave it its quaintly picturesque outline, fronted on the busiest street of the industrious but placid little town. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Those of the top floor—dormers projecting from a mansard roof—were dark. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z Approaching the aperture where it was admitted, he discovered a sort of dormer window, without glass, but closed by a dilapidated shutter. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z They proceeded to a small room on the second floor, with a sloping ceiling and a dormer window. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z The front was 433 feet in length, and the building consisted of three stories, with a high-pitched roof broken by dormer windows. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z The house itself was in some respects modernized by him; but, with its steep roof and three dormer windows, it still retains much of its primitive character. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z "This mattress, these pens, indicate the presence of a stranger of studious habits;" and running to the dormer window that opened upon the river, he mused: "Can Christian have made his escape by this issue?" The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z But once I saw plates of the outside of French chateaux which powerfully recalled its dim image to me, especially the two rows of small dormer windows projecting from the inverted hopper-roof. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Windows, bull's-eye, 57. diamond paned, 13. dormer, 9. fanlight, 61. leaded, 5. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Light was shining from the two dormer windows up there where Lilly had once lived. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Along its roof was a row of dormer windows. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z It seems likely that there would have been two apartments each on the second through fifth floors, and extra servants’ rooms behind a screen of tiny dormer windows on the mansarded sixth floor. | Fifth Avenue and East 28th Street: Apartment Houses: The Early Story 2010-12-30T21:36:07Z We then came to the "Old Agency House" with its quaint old chimney outside at the end, its little dormer windows in the roof. A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons 2010-12-30T03:00:27.140Z The open dormer window offered the readiest mode of egress. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Finally the scapegrace appeared at his dormer window dragging his little dog by a chain. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Two rooms, one on either side the wide hall, sufficed, with the broad porch, for summer living, and the quaint bedrooms peered out through dormer windows from the roof above. Dorothy Payne, Quakeress A Side-Light upon the Career of 'Dolly' Madison 2010-12-20T17:12:10.847Z Thou shalt see me no more in thy little dormer chamber! Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z The great space over the kitchen was to be cut into two servants’ bedrooms, with dormer windows. The Idyl of Twin Fires And mark you, my dear Mr. Moses, I would not so honour the dormer windows of all and sundry, no, rabbit me an I would. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z The great dormers and chimneys have not the refinement in their design which characterizes the lower portion, and may be of later date. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" In the second story, a broad flat-roofed dormer with three windows increased the interior space, without seriously altering the straight lines of the roof. Remodeled Farmhouses A small window like a slender dormer window. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance Many a gable stood out vividly, many a dormer window and lattice pane seemed on fire as it reflected in crimson flashes the rays of the ascending sun. Glories of Spain Some yards ahead I saw that the straight line of the tiles was broken by a dormer window. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Only a portion of his design was carried out, and of that much disappeared in the 17th century, when his dormer windows were taken down and replaced by a second storey and an attic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" As the Georgian details were developed, the gable-roofed dormer was used with the cornice moldings of porches and door frames. Remodeled Farmhouses Large dormer windows break into the high roof; ornaments abound, and the whole presents a curiously blended mixture of the regular and the picturesque. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance In the illustration where Mark Tapley is seen starting from his native village for London, "Phiz" exhibits his sense of the picturesque in the old gables and dormers of the cottages which form the background. 'Phiz' (Hablot Knight Browne), a Memoir. I moved away to another dormer window a few yards further on. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z The roof creaked, the panes of glass in the dormer window rattled, and fragments of mortar fell from the walls. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 Two hip-roofed dormers add to the space in the second floor and permit the construction of attractive servants' quarters. Remodeled Farmhouses Roofs, when visible, are of steep pitch, and their gables are almost always of stepped outline, while dormer windows, frequently of fantastic form, are not infrequent. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance Here my Lord Medhurst proceeded to finish what remained of his supper while Betty sat, chin in hand, staring at the dormer window just now glowing with sunset. Our Admirable Betty A Romance Victoria almost smiled but, her eyes wandering upwards, she saw, at her dormer window, Jack's head and shoulders. A Bed of Roses Mrs. Skinner and her son Joe lived in a detached red brick house, built long before villas with bay windows and gabled roofs, and little dormer windows in them, were thought of. Little Miss Joy In the second story, unusually successful dormers were cut in both the back and front pitch of the roof. Remodeled Farmhouses One might imagine that such big houses would be dark with only one small dormer window, and the valley children assured me that the birds hung living firefly lamps on their walls! A-Birding on a Bronco I pushed the ladder along till one end was on the level of the dormer and the other projected by a third beyond the gutter. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII She sat down on her small basket trunk and stared out of the dormer window. A Bed of Roses Each wing has one dormer centered in the front and two on the rear sides of the roof. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia Two dormers have been cut in the main roof to give extra room in the second floor; these are flat-roofed and well spaced, with two windows occupying the entire front of each. Remodeled Farmhouses Just at the top of the ladder was a dormer window, looking out upon the roof, for the convenience of work-people, when tiles had to be replaced and other repairs made. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second I fixed my eyes on a dormer window on the side towards the canal, and about two-thirds of the way down. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Through the dormer window she could see the white frontage of the house opposite. A Bed of Roses The center section of the house has three dormers on the front side of the roof. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia This breaks with the slope of the main roof, but follows that of the dormers. Remodeled Farmhouses That slate tower bang over the porch, with the dormer windows and the iron railing and flag-staff atop makes us a present of the period. A Thief in the Night Further adventures of A. J. Raffles, Cricketer and Cracksman Most of the windows, latticed and small, were set flush with the floor; but high up in a dormer was a large window with diamonded panes, uncurtained, black and ominous. Carnival The room was big, and being on the ground floor, had a dormer window looking out on our rather scraggly garden. All That Goes Up All dormers have beaded ship-lap siding laid parallel to the pitched roof. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia They are of low stud and contain dormer windows. Remodeled Farmhouses In the phrase “dormer beam” or “dormant beam,” meaning a tie-beam, we have the same sense as in the modern “sleeper.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" They exhibit painted black stripes where there should be beams; they have sloping roofs, gables, dormer windows, everything cunningly arranged to make as many corners as possible where no chair can stand. The Intelligence of Woman In fact, she seemed perfectly happy with the whole arrangement, but every-time I glanced at that dormer window and pictured vast reaches of blue nothing, my stomach turned over a little. All That Goes Up This latter feature appears to be a change made in 1942 since photographs of the house in 1885 and 1936 show the siding on the dormers laid parallel to the ground. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia The old lines of the roof were left unaltered, and although more room was needed, dormers were left out in its reconstruction. Remodeled Farmhouses The term “dormer” arose from the windows being those of sleeping-rooms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The two gables have three dormer windows, one fronting the east, the others fronting the west, but both are bricked up in like manner. Toilers of the Sea Just before them was the Hôtel de Ville, with its beautiful tower of gray stone, its roof a mass of dormer windows. An American Girl Abroad The bathroom has a dormer window to the front of the house, and each of the bedrooms has a dormer window to the front and a window in the gable end wall. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia When it is desired to have a second-story porch or sleeping-room, the dormer often supplies the solution of this difficult problem. Remodeled Farmhouses Passing across this by the light of a dim dormer window they reached a close passageway which led to another prison-like door, which the Judge managed to open after a great deal of trouble. Eleven Possible Cases She sat down by an old spinning-wheel, turning it and singing a scrap of Gretchen's song, while the light from the dormer window touched her white arched throat and yellow hair. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. From the tiled roof project three dormers, the centre one having a semi-circular head, the outer ones pointed. The Annals of Willenhall The room was large, low, and irregularly shaped, with neither fire-place nor stove, and only one dormer window opening to the south, and upon a wide waste of tiled roofs and smoking chimneys. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part The earliest ones were merely a flattening of the pitch of the roof, and this is the type that should be used when it is necessary to add a dormer to the older farmhouses. Remodeled Farmhouses The new roof is of oak, with rather a high pitch, lighted by sixteen dormers, eight on each side. Old and New London Volume I All the front windows, with the exception of the central ones, are bayed, and there are dormer windows in the roof, which is surmounted by a bell-turret and vane. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land His attic studio was lighted by a dormer window at a height convenient to receive his elbows on the sill. The Deaves Affair The roof was covered with shingles, painted red; and in it were a number of dormer windows, which, like all the other windows, were hidden with closed green blinds or shutters. The Advocate These dormers were high, with a single window often having a semicircular head. Remodeled Farmhouses Each corner of the building, and the peak of every dormer window, was crowned by a grasshopper. Old and New London Volume I It is a long building, of brick below, with an overhanging upper floor and weather-boarded front, surmounted by a single dormer window. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land It was two stories in height, with a high-pitched roof, and with a garret room lighted in front by three dormer windows, and in the rear by a dormer on each side. Peggy Owen and Liberty By the time she does so he has found the key and passed through the dormer door that gives on the leads. When Ghost Meets Ghost The plan of these dormers deserves especial study, as each group is in reality composed of three separate dormers, enlarging three rooms in the interior, but confined under the one flat roof. Remodeled Farmhouses The northern roofs, however, generally stand in little need of surface decoration, the eye being drawn to the fantastic ranges of their dormer windows, and to the finials and fringes on their points and ridges. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) Three dormer windows pierce the roof, front and back, and four great chimneys rise from the gable ends. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria You know we’ve only settled on the back porch and one dormer window, so far, and I’ll leave it to these good people if that’s enough for a family of six to live in!” The Fate of Felix Brand He pointed to the steep roof of the Guildhall, with its dormers and fretted pinnacles, and the slender lantern through which he had so lately made his inglorious exit. The Brass Bottle The dormers that have been cut in the roof add not only to their comfort but provide charming little bays and alcoves, giving unexpected opportunities for interesting furnishings. Remodeled Farmhouses Whether dormer windows are legitimately to be classed as decorative features, seems to me to admit of doubt. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) With three stories, dormer widows, of salmon brick, laid in Flemish bond, it faces the street as sturdily as when first built. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria From the dormer windows above, high-bred French ladies looked at the sun rising over the forest-clothed shores of the river, on which now stands the architectural grandeur of the modern city. Famous Firesides of French Canada In the meantime Mrs. Babcock, having stationed herself in one of the dormer windows of the parsonage, aided their escape whenever they appeared, by the waving of a white handkerchief.” The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 There was need of more light for the second-floor rooms in the old building, so dormers were inserted in the deep pitched roof at the front. Remodeled Farmhouses There, in the double gloom of the clouds and a small dormer window obscured by cobwebs, she sank on a broken box. Wild Oranges Two-and-a-half stories high, large twin chimneys rise out of the hipped roof and three dormer windows break the front and back. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria The houses were built of wood or of grey stone, usually to the height of one story, being also surmounted by a tall, steep roof, through which the tiny dormer windows peeped in picturesque disorder. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France Above these, again, are eight p. 137columns of polished granite, supporting the superstructure, and these also have eight trefoil dormers, simpler than those below, each finished with a finial of gun metal. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time Again in 1914 the eyebrow window was removed, and dormers inserted in the roof. Remodeled Farmhouses Street and surroundings were dingy and mean; however, when they went in they found a decent little room under the sloping roof and with a bit of blue sky visible from its dormer window. Trading She pointed out to him the sea-front of the house, with its wide verandah and clustered trees and the beautiful dip of the roof over the upper windows, far gazing little dormer windows above these. Tante At one end two deep dormer windows and a black walnut bureau standing between them. Hidden Hand Above that floor appears a small balcony, to which access is had through a dormer window. The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays In the roof dormer windows were cut, both at the front and rear. Remodeled Farmhouses One dormer window in the roof was effectually shut up and hindered from its office of admitting air, by the pipe of the stove which passed out through the sash. Trading The party seemed in high spirits, as from his dormer window Mauville, adjusting his attire, peered through the lattice over the edge of the moss-grown roof and leaf-clogged gutters and surveyed their preparations for departure. The Strollers Before the dormer stood a table, to which was bolted a metal framework, supporting the box, with its sides of glass half-covered with tin-foil. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue Only in old prints may we find some pleasing recollection of red-tiled or thatched houses with half timber and half plaster walls, their ingle nooks, dormer windows, or many gables. William Shakespeare His Homes and Haunts He retreated from the accusing page and went to lean against the dormer window and look out upon the world from the jail of his past. In a Little Town He gazed out of the library window, across the court to the row of dormer windows in the house opposite. The Film of Fear It came up into a kindly gambrel roof and there were dormers. The Prisoner It was lighted by a single dormer, and, looking out through this, one could see over the house-tops, half a mile away, the grim wall of the arsenal. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue In outward appearance Bartram House is a simple gable-roof structure two and a half stories in height, of large, roughly hewn stones with east and west fronts and three dormers lighting the attic. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia I have one room at the back of the house, its dormer window looking over a grass plot and a chicken coop. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America The three dormer windows of the adjoining house were gray, dusty, as though they had not been opened for years. The Film of Fear Pushing open a door here, he entered a neat little room with only one window in it, but that a dormer facing the south. Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The windows of Mr. Wicker's house had smaller panes of glass than were used nowadays, and like the warehouses across from it, Mr. Wicker's had many dormer windows jutting out from the slated roof. Mr. Wicker's Window Above a heavy cornice with prominent modillions springs the hipped roof, pierced on both sides by two handsome dormers and surmounted by a long, beautifully balustraded belvedere. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia And oh, Betty! you must see the old house in Letitia Street, with its dormer windows and odd little front door with its overhanging roof. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia Two dusty and long unopened dormer windows, similar to those facing on the court, confronted him. The Film of Fear “This room is just delightful with that jolly old fireplace, its big dormer windows, and the view over the river and the hills beyond: I shall be very comfortable.” Hepsey Burke Then another idea struck him, and he jumped up to run to the nearest dormer window, the floorboards, where the sun had lain on them, warm under his bare feet. Mr. Wicker's Window In general arrangement it differs little from numerous other gable-roof structures of the vicinity, two and a half stories high with chimneys at each end and handsome pedimental dormers with round-topped windows between. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Suppose, for instance, you want to cut the poles to fit the dormer over the veranda shown in Fig. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Like its neighbor, it was built with an attic story, and in the rear were two dormer windows opening in the same way upon the lower roof. The Film of Fear The dormer windows and addition to the left are of much later date. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII The building cost $8,000, and is 86 feet 8 inches by 52 feet 8 inches in its dimensions, is 2� stories high, and has a deckle roof with dormer windows. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements It is a boxlike structure of plastered rubble masonry twenty-six feet square and two and a half stories high, with83 a hip roof having simple pedimental dormers and two oppositely disposed chimneys. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia It was hot there at this time of day; still the great elms outside kept the sun from shining directly on the roof, and a light breeze was blowing in at the dormer window. Betty Leicester A Story For Girls The three dormer windows in the home next door gazed vacantly down at him, their windows covered with cobwebs and dust. The Film of Fear The attic was large and many cornered, with a sharply slanted roof, shading tiny, many-paned dormer windows. Lucile Triumphant The plans for these cottages had so many dormer windows, porches, intricacies of design in variegated tiles, &c., that the contractor gave it up as a bad job. The Toilers of the Field Houses usually of somewhat later date and notable for greater refinement of detail had gable-roof dormers with round-headed Palladian windows extending up into the pediment. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Access to the loft above was by a ladder-like stairway; the dormer windows were a later addition. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century The house with the dormer windows consisted, as has been previously mentioned, of four stories and an attic. The Film of Fear These are usually of two stories, with the upper story projecting far over the lower, and with many ornamental dormer windows, with casement sashes of small pieces of translucent shell. The Critic in the Orient At the end of the village there is a better house, with three chimneys and a dormer window in its roof, and the roof is of stone shingle instead of thatch, but very rough. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing It is a single gable-roofed structure two and a half stories high with ranging windows throughout, a large chimney at each end and two dormers in the front96 between them. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Paul climbed to the dormer, and, gently opening the window, looked along to that of the next room. The Hero of Garside School It was a small room, long and narrow, with the single dormer window, by which he had just entered, at one end, and a similar one at the side, in the slanting mansard roof. The Film of Fear At the same time, in all probability, the dormers were inserted. The Care of Books A square house with additions of gables, and dormers and pinnacles, and ridge crests, will not give us an English cottage. Woodward's Country Homes Segmental topped dormers were rare, although a row of them is to be seen in Camac Street, "the street of little clubs", and occasional individual instances are to be found elsewhere. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia It rose a couple of feet above the gutter, and the latter, in turn, was nearly of the same width; so that there was not much difficulty in walking along it to the dormers. The Hero of Garside School This façade is of the fifteenth century and on the tympan of the dormer windows one may still see the monogram of its builder, Cottereau. Royal Palaces and Parks of France The south room is similarly lighted by ten lancets in each of the north and south walls, and on the side next to the court by two dormer windows like those in the west room. The Care of Books “From the window of the north-east dormer chamber.” A Dixie School Girl Most Philadelphia houses, whether gable or hip-roofed, have dormers to light the attic. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The attic probably had one or two of those tunnel-like dormer windows built in the curving roof of all French houses. Heroes of the Middle West The French Then the roof itself, with its gables and dormer windows, softly folded itself flat down upon the top of the house, out of sight. Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' Ours was a garret room, well finished, abounding in odd closets and corners, with curious dormer windows that were reached by long little corridors. A Confederate Girl's Diary Further, let me draw your attention to the old Elizabethan dormer window from which it is reported that the celebrated Sir Walter Raleigh hung his cloak to dry, after the lady had trodden on it. Mufti The dormers of Cliveden and Mount Pleasant are of this type but further elaborated by projecting ornamental scrolls at the sides. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Just across it was the Pinery, a lovely old house with dormer windows in the roof, surrounded by pines that were dark and glorious against the silvery morning sky. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 Far on into the night Worth sat at the white-curtained dormer window, looking at the stars over the apple trees, and fighting her battle between inclination and duty. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 Two lofty stories above a low basement are covered by a shingled roof pierced with dormer windows. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science It was a pleasant room, with dormer windows facing east and south, a great fireplace, with a high wire fender, and a huge sofa, covered with red chintz dragons. Margaret Montfort There were no dormers, and the garret was lighted only at the ends. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Now, with the department occupying the entire third floor and pushing out of the dormer windows, a million-dollar estimate goes through like a requisition for postage stamps. The Daughter of a Magnate The hospital to-day is one of the secular buildings of Exeter most worth visiting, with its gabled houses, dormer windows, and garden plots. Exeter It had many gables and dormer windows, and the whole was covered with creeping roses, and there was a faint sweet smell about it that I think I would know now. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson The lover was required to enter by the dormer window. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals It is a large, square house two and a half stories high, its hipped roof broken by handsome pedimental dormers with round-topped windows. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The little dormer windows were all thrown open, and the morning sun streamed in across the motley collection of chests, old furniture and the attic treasures of several generations. Mary Ware's Promised Land He was stretched on the floor in the embrasure of the dormer window, nursing his face in his hands, his near-sighted eyes fairly boring into the pages. Chicken Little Jane The house was low, with small, old-time dormer windows. A Little Girl in Old Boston There were still quaint old houses in Ludlow and Orchard streets,—two stories with dormer windows in the roof, and some frame cottages with struggling grass-plots. A Little Girl of Long Ago The house is a great, square, hip-roofed structure two and a half stories high with two large square chimneys and severely plain pedimental dormers. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia She crouched in the hollow of the small dormer window. The Lost Girl The old house boasted many gables and more dormer windows, each bedroom having one or more. Chicken Little Jane Butler was particularly pleased with the dormer windows, an unusual feature in a church roof. The Samuel Butler Collection at Saint John's College Cambridge Mr. Whitney paused at a queer, long, one-story house with a high-peaked roof in which were set three small dormer windows. A Little Girl of Long Ago They were gable-roof structures with high chimneys in the party walls, foreshortened, third-story windows and from one to three dormers piercing the roof. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Of course not the dormers; they obtrude, I think, and the note is pseudo-foreign. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story No sooner had she ensconced herself snugly in one of the dormer windows to read, than she heard someone coming upstairs. Chicken Little Jane The dormer window had sides which were curtained with green. Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World There was a substantial house, with four large rooms below, besides an L kitchen, and above, two sunny chambers, each with a dormer and a gable window. Five Hundred Dollars First published in the "Century Magazine" The squatty little two and a half story houses with picturesque doorways and dormer windows have become the homes of numerous clubs representing the best art interests of the city. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia It was a curious black-faced house three stories high, eight windows wide, a stiff row of peaked dormers along the attic. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette Here you have quaint old houses, with red-tiled roofs and dormer windows. From a Terrace in Prague It was an attic at the top of the house, and had a dormer window with a north light. Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World Turning, he looked upward at the high rambling house, its dormers and gables, its white clapboards and green window blinds. Fair Harbor A sturdy chimney at either end and two dormers with segmental topped windows are the features of the roof. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Common dwellings are adorned with picturesque dormer windows. Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer Other effects of the explosion were the striking of some stones and the leads of the dormer window which carries the frame of a clock, as also some small windows. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 A pane of glass had been broken in the dormer window and replaced by a folded newspaper tacked over it. Mary Louise in the Country "On the ledge below the dormer window at the back part of the house, facing the waste ground behind the plank fence." The Mark Of Cain The interior was bare and cheerless, colorless save for the torn red shades above the high dormer windows, and the crudely painted mottoes over the platform and around the wall. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Towers were generally erected or intended, and are somewhat stunted, finished with short spires, having small dormer windows inserted in them. Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Houses with quaint dormer windows roofed by "eyelids," of an architecture dating back two or three hundred years, gleamed with candles in every window. In and Around Berlin This building, one of the few old ones left in the parish, has a red-tiled roof and dormer windows, projecting eaves and heavy window-frames. Westminster The Fascination of London The dormer windows of the attics were as picturesque as anything in Nuremberg. The Mark Of Cain From the roof, dormer windows provided a beautiful view of the surrounding country. The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees Date of a warrant dormer from the Queen to the Master of her Revels. Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College At first it was only level with the dormer window; then by slow degrees it was half way up; and as darkness was coming on, the top of the window was nearly reached. Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah Sir Robert followed, and a door formed like a dormer window in the slope of the roof was unbolted ready for him to step out on to the narrow leads. In Honour's Cause A Tale of the Days of George the First On closing the establishment, the landlady, Mrs. Gullick, found the room, an upper one, with dormer windows opening on the roof, empty. The Mark Of Cain Later that evening, Edwin sat at a small deal table in the embrasure of the dormer window of the empty attic next to his bedroom. Clayhanger Date of a warrant dormer from the Queen to the Master of her Revels. Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College It was the officer spoke then, and Morgan crept out through the rough dormer window, and directly after shouted briefly— “Ready.” Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah There was not even a gable or a dormer to break the square solidity of the whole. Flaming June Winter's face was flushed with excitement; but his voice, though thin, was clear as he said: "There was a light streaming through the dormer window beside which I was lying, and I looked in." The Mark Of Cain The house itself was big and square, with a door in the centre, and at the top two quaint dormer windows, standing out from the roof like big surprised-looking eyes. Pixie O'Shaughnessy It was a picturesque cottage with gables, dormer windows and wide verandas. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 It was lit by four big, old-fashioned dormer windows in the front and four in the rear. Madge Morton's Secret The last act disclosed an attic at the top of an old tenement, with dormer windows looking out on a wintry scene. Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls From this door you saw the side, or rather the back, which the house kept for its intimates; a side even more picturesque with red-tiled roofs and dormer windows than that which faced the street. The Mark Of Cain Mary cried out in delight at the quaint dormers, with their diamond panes, at the wooden fronts, at the gardens chockfull of the gayest and most old-fashioned flowers. Mary Gray High above me a light was burning faintly in a dormer window, on one side of which there was a wooden gallery overlooking the garden, and on this two figures were standing. Orrain A Romance Strange children rambled beneath the little dormer windows of the Acadian cottages, and the voices of the boys at play in the apple orchards shouted in an alien tongue. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom A shadow flitted across the dormer window above him,—Mrs. Cranston's. Under Fire In the front and rear roofs of this wing is a dormer window, to light the chambers. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings The old house itself with its somber gray walls and quaint dormer windows seemed always to have nestled here. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers He lives in a queer little house with dormer windows under a hill, just off the county road. While Caroline Was Growing But the high-pitched roof remains, with its three dormer windows still leaning awry, and the plaster porch where a grotesque, half-human face grins at you from the middle of a fluted sea-shell. The Mayor of Troy Running to his dormer window, he yelled fire at the top of his voice. Lanier of the Cavalry or, A Week's Arrest They had each but the other, and lived each in the other, in this room under the tiles with the deep-set dormer windows that looked across the Pays de Gex to the Jura. The Long Night Levin gazed at her intently, and then raised up and looked around him, and peered down through the old dormers into the green yard, and the floody river hastening by with such nobility. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times Arriving at a dingy dormer window, he found that it opened with ease, admitting him into a little room crowded with dusty books and cobwebs. Alec Forbes of Howglen Most of the houses were low, one-story buildings, with large expanse of steep roof, and high dormer windows. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book They asked to be shown the room, with the storm-battered dormer, by this time emptied of its load of snow. Lanier of the Cavalry or, A Week's Arrest Pretty houses, with quaint dormer windows and high sloping roofs. Daisy in the Field As they rode to the rear of the house a little dormer window, like a snail, crawled low along the roof, and a light was shining from it. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times To the left is the house, with a verandah and an open dormer window above; to the right in the foreground an open summer-house with a table and benches. Love's Comedy The attic was lighted by numerous, high-peaked dormer windows, piercing the expanse of the roof. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Roofs of red tile and dormer windows rise behind the trees, the dull yellow of the walls is almost hidden, and deep shadows lurk about the shore. Nature Near London Above that again are some quaint white-washed attics with dormers and leaning walls; one or two of these are bedrooms. Hugh Memoirs of a Brother Its cottages, built long ago by local craftsmen, seemed absolutely in harmony with the landscape: walls, dormers, and mullions and long undulating roofs were all of limestone and conveyed an impression of sturdy self-respect. A Popular Schoolgirl Angélique came to the dormer window and touched her father's shoulder. Old Kaskaskia Upstairs are three sleeping rooms, and the attics, with curious dormer windows, still higher. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 The roofs are, some of them, gabled; others, slanting backwards, give room for picturesque dormer windows. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 Our bedroom was lighted by a dormer window. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth He turned and looked up, looked up into the dormer window of his attic, four stories up. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Two dormer windows pierced the roof fronting the street, and there was also one in the west gable, extending like a hallway toward the treetops, but none in the roof at the back. Old Kaskaskia The farm is a little further on, a comfortable homestead, smaller than Down End, but built of the same grey, lichened stone, and with the same steep roof and dormer windows. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 The whole doorway structure projects from the sloping side of the hogán, much like a dormer window. Navaho Houses, pages 469-518 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898 It was quite dark back there, so when Marcella had pulled a large bundle of things from the barrel she took them over to the dormer window where she could see better. Raggedy Ann Stories He pointed at the dormer windows in the top room. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Her father opened one of the dormer windows and held the lantern out of it. Old Kaskaskia There were truncated towers, a mansard roof, hideous dormers, and a reckless outbreak of perfectly useless bay windows. An Alabaster Box From her dormer window, Anna Barly peered out at the wet, gray morning. Autumn Instead, he made his way to a little attic room with a dormer window. Honey-Sweet They each had a little dormer window, and one only had to step over the gutter to get from one house to the other. Stories from Hans Andersen The slaves, before returning to their own room, again fastened the sashes of the dormer window. Old Kaskaskia The high dormer window in the end of the corridor made the darkness something less than visible, and I could see that the passage was empty. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady It is, however, very large, encloses a spacious garden-court, and makes a pleasant enough impression, with its turrets, balconies, and verandas, its many sharp gables, dormers, and window-hoods. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin It was a comfortable old two-storied building, with a thatched roof, through which a couple of dormer windows peered out, like two eyes, over the beautiful green lawn which sloped to the reed-fringed water. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles It's a little out of date so far as the lines go,—slate roof, jigsaw work on the dormers, and a cupola,—but it's more or less of a plute shack, after all. On With Torchy The capital of the Territory was composed chiefly of roofs and dormer windows, of squatty wooden islands in a boundless sea. Old Kaskaskia The interior of the building is quite dark, there being no windows in the wooden walls, and the light comes in from a dormer window in the roof. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland They moved across to a low wall, climbed it and came to the dormer door of the next house. The Big-Town Round-Up It had dormer windows in the roof and a long veranda in front. Westerfelt Many of the houses are very old and form wonderful groups, full of quaint gables and dormer windows, whilst the high roofs slant upwards and fall away in picturesque outlines. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 I weeded the garden all afternoon, but stopped early, fed early, and went up-stairs to my room before the last sunset glow had faded off the dormer windows. The Golden Bird There was a dormer window at the top and a bow window in the ground floor and a tiny entry porch at the front. Lydia of the Pines A picture shows the stages before the building with its slanting roof and its three dormer windows facing the Avenue and Park. Fifth Avenue Through the small-paned dormer window the gray light fell, bringing into vague relief the different objects in the room. Westerfelt One tall dormer window, overarched with a high peak, comes out to the very edge of the roof to welcome the guest. Literary Hearthstones of Dixie This night, as usual, all was tightly closed below, all darkness aloft as he glanced up at the dormers high above his head. From the Ranks The house was to have steep gables and projecting eaves, with a window in each gable, and two dormer windows in each roof. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm The old disused town-hall is quaint enough with its elaborately-carved façade, with a high double roof and dormers, and a lantern surmounting all. A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg The five women crowded about and into Mr. Sparrow's little dormer window. The Other Girls There lay the old-fashioned house, with white painted walls, and its blue slate roof, which was adorned by dormers and gables. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel Through a jumble of queer old brick chimneys and dormers, and here we are at the Reading Terminal, with its familiar bitter smell of coal gas. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned In the recess of the dormer window, at a small table lighted by one candle, sat Ishmael, bending over an open volume. Ishmael Or, In the Depths A board creaked, noisily; and then—I could have sworn it—then something seemed to move across one of the dormer windows. A Woman Named Smith That vast house, of red and yellow brick, was two stories and a garret high, and had a doubly-sloping roof pierced with dormer windows. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. On the third floor, or, more correctly, in the garrets, was an endless number of spare rooms, whose windows looked out of the quaint dormers which embellished the roof. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel It was a low attic room with a deep dormer window, and, seen unfurnished, might be regarded as unattractive in size and shape. Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls The gambrel roof is shingled, descends low and has dormer windows. The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 The window across which we thought we had seen something move was fastened from the inside, and there were one or two wooden boxes and a leather-covered trunk in the dormer recess. A Woman Named Smith There were three dormer windows in the front of the garret-roof, and one of these had been a favorite abiding-place in her youth. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches It rested on stout oaken piles driven deep into the river-mud; a notable building, with a roof like the inverted hull of a galleon, pierced with dormer windows and topped by a rusty vane. Lady Good-for-Nothing There, on the first floor, with only a loft above lighted by round dormers, lived the Abbé Gévresin. The Cathedral The upper tier of windows—here called storm windows, perhaps as a corruption of dormer—are the plain, unmoulded arch, such as one sometimes sees it in unadorned buildings of the earlier Norman period. The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Ten more, and we backed up to an old-fashioned colonial porch, with sloping roof and dormer windows supported by high white columns. A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others Beneath the eaves are four and twenty statues of the Counts of Holland and Zeeland, and the roof is like a mass-meeting of dormer windows. A Wanderer in Holland Presently he went to the dormer window and opened it wide. The Man Thou Gavest It is a picturesque group of buildings with tall chimneys, mullioned and dormer windows, on the bank of the Welland stream, and occupies the site of a much more ancient foundation. Vanishing England Gingerly he tested the window of the dormer, working at it from the side so that his body would not be visible to anybody who happened to be watching from within. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West A few low, white houses straggled along the roadside, and he thought one that was somewhat larger and had dormer windows was the change-house. Carmen's Messenger There were fascinating windows, great wide and deep ones, and little oriels and dormers. Patty and Azalea One way, is to place a dressing table in the dormer, under windows, covering the sides of the dormer recess with mirror glass, edged with narrow moulding. The Art of Interior Decoration The slated roof is gracefully curved, is crowned by a good vane, and a neat dormer window juts out on the side facing the market-place. Vanishing England He, too, examined his gun before he followed Dave through the dormer window and passed into the frowsy bedchamber. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West At its rear was a house with broken gablets and round dormers stuck deep into the thatch. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance They were usually of two storeys, crowned by high-pitched thatched roofs, with here and there a tiny dormer window. St George's Cross When reclaiming attic rooms, one of the problems is how to get wall space, especially if there are dormer windows and very slanting ceilings. The Art of Interior Decoration The cornice is of wood, and above this is a steep-pitched tile roof with dormers, surmounted by a balustrade inclosing a flat, from which rises a most picturesque wooden cupola. Vanishing England He crept across the roof to the other dormer. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West It was hidden behind an old rose-red brick wall in a lane, and it was only by standing up in the motorcar that they caught sight of its long line of red-tiled dormer windows. The Belfry The windows had still the original small panes; the mansarde roof, with its one dormer, was untouched. Lady Rose's Daughter The building dates from about the year 1700; and the beauty of the design, especially of the roof with its chimneys and its dormers, is worthy of a better fate. Evesham It is a charming house of rest, with its gables and dormer windows and its general air of peace and repose. Vanishing England There was no movement now, but above her a radiance streaming from Rose's dormer showed that the serious girl of the family, defying commands, plodded obstinately at her chemistry. Leonora Ironwork and locksmiths' work applied to decoration; grill work and doors in cast or wrought iron; doors and balustrades in bronze, roof decoration in lead, copper, zinc, dormers, spires, finials, vanes; crest and ridge work. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Next a ski trip up the Glen to the buried hostelry at Glen Alpine, where one enters by way of a dormer window but is received to a cheerful fire and with royal hospitality. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter The air was admitted by a special system of ventilation, for the dormer window was hermetically closed by a wooden shutter tightly nailed down. The Teeth of the Tiger The old "Fox and Hounds" at Ware is beautiful with its swinging sign suspended by graceful and elaborate ironwork and its dormer windows. Vanishing England Fritz Nettenmair, listening, heard his father sit down on the empty board in the dormer window and knew that his tall figure filled the entire opening. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig Wade had dormer windows built into the sleeping-rooms, a thing which so altered the appearance of the house that the neighbors stood aghast. The Lilac Girl Not far from my dormer window, a little to the left, stood the Inn Boeuf-Gras, an old auberge much patronized throughout the country. Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories The roofs were steep-pitched, with a dormer window or two thrust out on either side, the eaves projecting well over the walls in such manner as to give the structures a half-bungalow appearance. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 So dark was the night, that, when Mrs. Puckridge carried the candle out of the room, the unshaded dormer window did not show itself even by a bluish glimmer. Paul Faber, Surgeon The dormer windows gave her little air, and there was dust as well as something like an individual sediment of the poverty from which the boy had come. The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World Perhaps she was thinking that such subjects as last night's thunder storm, dormer windows, and the apple crop outlook were not just what a declared lover might be supposed to choose for conversation. The Lilac Girl Fatigued and disappointed, I lay down upon my bed, when, casting my eyes toward my dormer window, I saw the room opposite illuminated. Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories A stately central building of red brick, with dormer windows in its steep-pitched roof, rose between low flanking corridors and wings like some overlord with his faithful vassals in attendance. Virginia: the Old Dominion Through a dormer window we looked out across the flat country beyond Furnes and saw, a few miles away, the lines of battle. The Soul of the War The interior of the building is exceedingly dark, for there are no windows in the wooden walls, and the chief light comes from the porch and a dormer window. What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association An attic it was, with lead-framed dormer windows, a slanting ceiling and a bulging wall, covered, as a number of torn places witnessed, with innumerable strata of florid old-fashioned paper. Love and Mr. Lewisham These were very low dormer rooms, with the bed in the angle where the roof was lowest. McClure's Magazine December, 1895 It is two and a half stories high, with a roof of modified mansard style pierced with many dormer windows. Virginia: the Old Dominion It seems to have been originally a one and-a-half-story stone dwelling, to which some later proprietor has added a high-peaked roof, dormer windows, and ample piazzas. Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 One of these houses had two rows of dormer windows, covered by little gables with very long eaves in the high-pitched roof, whose red tiles were well toned by time. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine The dormer windows in the outer sheath not only broke the surface of the vault, but also served to light this passage to the lantern. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti There is no tower without its spire, no turret or gable without its pinnacle, no oriel without its pointed roof, no dormer without some such playful leaping up into the air. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 LaChaise was half hidden in a deep chair in one of the dormers. Mary Wollaston There were two windows in it; the dormer one looked out on the lower harbor and the sand-bar and the Four Winds light. Anne's House of Dreams The late Gothic superstructure, which is still inhabited, has a very high-pitched roof, with dormer windows covered by high gables with elaborate carvings. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine She babbled of a low stone house with lattice windows and tulip-beds, of colonial brick, of a white frame cottage with green shutters and dormer windows. Main Street The girl was moving along a sanded walk, toward a gray, unpainted house, with a steep roof, broken by dormer windows. The House Behind the Cedars She had turned away, restlessly, and moved to one of the dormer windows. Mary Wollaston Gilbert had gone down and Leslie, who had been crooning over the small James Matthew in the dormer window, laid him asleep in his basket and went her way. Anne's House of Dreams Towers rise from towers, mullioned windows have their lines cut in the shadow of beetling machicolations, and higher still are dormer windows with graceful Gothic gables. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine His eyes filled with tears when he remembered the red brick house in Canal Street, with its white door and dormer windows, and its one cherry tree in the strip of garden behind. Remember the Alamo The apex stones of these dormers, together with those of the gables, were surmounted by grotesque figures in rampant, passant, and couchant variety. A Pair of Blue Eyes One big room, bigger than this, with dormers and dusty beams and an outside stair. Mary Wollaston Two broad dormer windows looked out toward the Gulf, and as far across it as a man's eye might reach. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories It's in a cool, breezy corner with two dormer windows, and shaded by a maple tree with a family of red squirrels living in a hole. Daddy-Long-Legs The dormer window permitted the entrance of a ray of moonlight between two blocks of shadow. Les Misérables The windows on all sides were long and many-mullioned; the roof lines broken up by dormer lights of the same pattern. A Pair of Blue Eyes Others—a prouder, less pretentious sort—were of brick or stone, with terra-cotta mouldings set into the walls, and with real slates covering the riot of turrets and peaks and dormer peepholes overhead. The Damnation of Theron Ware I was crouching on the leads outside the dormer window as Raffles climbed into sight within. Mr. Justice Raffles We soon reach Andlau, a picturesque, but, it must be confessed, somewhat dirty village, lying amid vineyards and chestnut woods, with mediaeval gables, archways, wells, dormers. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Nevertheless she went to a dormer window in the staircase and read the letter once more. Les Misérables There were old-fashioned casement windows on the upper story, and queer little dormers in the roof. The Lovels of Arden The two dormer windows were hung with white dimity curtains. The Vicar's Daughter There was a grimy dormer window, not looking down into the square, but leading like a companion hatchway into a valley of once red tiles, now stained blue-black in the starlight. Mr. Justice Raffles It had a dormer window, at no great distance above the eaves. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood The dormer window of the garret, through which the light fell, was precisely opposite the door, and illuminated the figure with a wan light. Les Misérables The buildings were plainly early eighteenth century: old redbrick erections with narrow windows in the fronts and dormer windows in the high, sloping roofs. The Orange-Yellow Diamond The roof, covered with grey slates, rose very steep, and had narrow, tall dormer windows in it. Wilfrid Cumbermede In all three there had been dormer windows on either hand, that on the square side leading into the loft; the other, or others, forming a sort of skylight to some top-floor room. Mr. Justice Raffles It reached a little above the eaves, right under the dormer window. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood As he passed one of these attics, Marius thought he perceived in the uninhabited cell the motionless heads of four men, vaguely lighted up by a remnant of daylight, falling through a dormer window. Les Misérables The town itself is cheerful, with decorative bits of window-gardening, hanging dormers, abundance of flowers growing everywhere, and much life animating its old and new quarters. Holidays in Eastern France When I climbed upon a chair, I could seat myself on the broad sill of the dormer window. Wilfrid Cumbermede |
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