Battered Dormers

The battered, or tapered, column is a staple of Craftsman architecture. Battered columns appear atop room dividing built-ins, and across front porches.

The battered dormer on the other hand, which features an inclined face, is a far less common proposition. (Note the string of "doghouses" across the image top.)


In some examples, the window is hung upright, or parallel to the front elevation, inset at the base of the pylon massing (rather than adhering to the cant of the dormer).

Rare example above with clipped hip roof.

In the Anderson & Bach tract, near the Foshay Learning Center, there's a handful of properties with skinny shed roof dormers wherein the end of the fascia board exhibits the same tilt, or angle, as the dormer face.