Dormers are small extensions that protrude out from the roof.
French provincial roof windows.
Tall second story windows often with arched tops porches with substantial balustrades.
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The dormers often have windows and are.
A mansard roof on the château de dampierre by jules hardouin mansart great nephew of françois mansart a mansard or mansard roof also called a french roof or curb roof is a four sided gambrel style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope punctured by dormer windows at a steeper angle than the upper.
Sometimes structures built in the french provincial style also have dormers on their roofs.