Norman cottage

Isaac Kremer/ July 3, 2024/ / 0 comments

A large, asymmetrical house in the style of farmhouses of Normandy; isolated examples built in the U.S. primarily in the 1930s; typical elements include a round tower with a tall, conical roof (often used as the entrance), two stories with one-story wings, steeply pitched roof with dormers, mixed brick, stone, and stucco walls, multi-paned casement windows, and sometimes decorative half-timbering. See also French Eclectic style. (Bucher, 1996)

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