Chateauesque homes feature steeply pitched hipped roofs, sometimes highlighted by cast-iron cresting, wall or roof dormers, spires, corner turrets, and chimneys crowned with an ornamental caps. Encrusted with decorative flourishes, their handsome masonry exteriors of smoothed square limestone are often graced by 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!
