Chateauesque

Less monumental, and more eclectic than the Richard Morris Hunt led revivals, an 1890's Los Angeles expression of the Chateauesque, exhibits the influence of the contemporaneous Queen Anne and Richardsonian house types; and, unlike its Eastern brethren, is crafted of timber.

Belt courses and balconies are common.













Nearly if not wholly symmetrical, and twin towered, a few examples feature medieval inspired Strapwork, or scroll saw elaborations (see top image).

Windows are sometimes divided into narrow vertical units with transoms above (see second image). Note also this example's jaw-dropping variations in fenestration (or design and placement of windows).













Dormers that split the cornice line or suggest a central pivot grace a few instances.

Even this stripped down case of house abuse from ol' Windmill Links wields a powerful silouhette.