As architectural styles have shifted, architects and builders have invented more ways to build dormers, the little rooms that project from a roof and allow more space and light in the top floor or attic.
This is basically a gabled dormer, but the dormer roof flares out in the same way that the main roof on a house often flares out to accommodate a porch or an addition. On the dormer, the flared roof helps shade the windows, a boon when dormers face south or west in regions where summers are hot. Intricate corbels support the overhang of the roof.
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