French Chateau House Plans
French Chateau house plans feature steeply pitched roofs and striking exteriors highlighting decorative details such as gargoyles and griffins complimenting the limestone façade.
Architectural Features of French Chateau House Plans
- Steeply-Pitched Roof, hipped sometimes paired with cast-iron cresting
- Striking Exterior, smooth limestone or brick accented by gargoyles and griffins
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French Chateau House Plan Features
Steeply-Pitched Roof
Popularized in America between 1880 and 1910 by architect Richard Morris Hunt, massive Chateau style house plans feature a steeply pitched hipped roof sometimes topped with cast-iron cresting, wall or roof dormers, spires, corner turrets and a tall decorative chimney crowned with an ornamental cap.
Striking Exterior
Encrusted with decorative flourishes that include gargoyles and griffins, their handsome masonry exteriors of smoothed square limestone or brick are often graced by single or full width balconies. Paired windows divided by heavy stone mullions or set in arches combined with semicircular bay windows, let light into formal rooms fit for a king.
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