Spanish Colonial

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Spanish Colonial Style Home Architectural Styles and Details Building Shapes and Details

Text in the illustration

1600s to late 1800s
parapet wall
roof support timbers
flat roof (shown here) or low pitched roof
houses are typically one story
windows were originally unglazed (shuttered over wood or iron bars) but were updated later
roof drain
multiple exterior doorways are a defining feature (the doors are usually simple)
thick walls of adobe brick or stone covered with stucco

Generated explanation

The illustration shows a rectangular, one-story Spanish Colonial house with a flat roof enclosed by parapet walls. Thick exterior walls are identified as adobe brick or stone covered with stucco, and roof-support timber ends are visible along the long wall. Projecting roof drains discharge through the exterior wall below the parapet. Multiple simple exterior doorways, a barred window, and divided-light windows illustrate characteristic openings. Annotations date the style to the 1600s through the late 1800s and explain that originally unglazed, shuttered and barred windows were updated later.

Components

flat roof parapet walls roof support timbers roof drains exterior walls exterior doorways wood doors barred window divided-light windows window sills

Materials

adobe brick stone stucco wood iron glass