Street facade of a historic two-story stuccoed building with arched
A historic facade precedent featuring symmetrical arched sash windows, stucco wall finish, and a classical pedimented entry.
- What we like about this project
- Dormer windows break through the upper cornice line beneath the main slate roof slope.
Materials
- stucco
- timber
- slate
- cast-iron
- glass
Visual identifiers
- arched-sash-windows
- stucco-facade
- parapet-roof
- perimeter-iron-fence
Style tags
- classical
- traditional
- historic
- vernacular
Visual tags
- historic
- symmetrical
- urban-facade
- traditional
- heritage
- Geometry
- Symmetrical five-bay composition with arched head windows at both ground and upper levels, topped by a heavy parapet and pitched slate roof with dormers.
- Facade system
- Rendered masonry bearing wall with punched arched timber sash windows and quoining.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry walls with timber floor and roof framing.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled residential or civic frontage of approximately two main stories plus attic dormers.
- Lighting
- Direct daylight from the right casting soft shadows across the stuccoed facade and under window hoods.
- Atmosphere
- Dignified, orderly historic street presence.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with a sidewalk, metal perimeter railing, and neighboring structures.
- Spatial experience
- The facade presents a formal, measured urban edge with deep-set window reveals stepping back from the sidewalk fence.
- Composition rhythm
- Five-bay symmetrical vertical rhythm with matching ground and upper window alignments.
- Style reading
- Classical Georgian or Regency revival vernacular
- Program
- Historic residence or civic office
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, timber, slate, cast-iron, glass
- Visual identifiers
- arched-sash-windows, stucco-facade, parapet-roof, perimeter-iron-fence
- Style tags
- classical, traditional, historic, vernacular
- Visual tags
- historic, symmetrical, urban-facade, traditional, heritage
- Geometry
- Symmetrical five-bay composition with arched head windows at both ground and upper levels, topped by a heavy parapet and pitched slate roof with dormers.
- Facade system
- Rendered masonry bearing wall with punched arched timber sash windows and quoining.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry walls with timber floor and roof framing.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled residential or civic frontage of approximately two main stories plus attic dormers.
- Lighting
- Direct daylight from the right casting soft shadows across the stuccoed facade and under window hoods.
- Atmosphere
- Dignified, orderly historic street presence.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with a sidewalk, metal perimeter railing, and neighboring structures.
- Spatial experience
- The facade presents a formal, measured urban edge with deep-set window reveals stepping back from the sidewalk fence.
- Composition rhythm
- Five-bay symmetrical vertical rhythm with matching ground and upper window alignments.
- Style reading
- Classical Georgian or Regency revival vernacular
- Program
- Historic residence or civic office
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture