There were truncated towers, a mansard roof, hideous dormers, and a reckless outbreak of perfectly useless bay windows.
"An Alabaster Box"
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Florence Morse Kingsley
At the same time, in all probability, the dormers were inserted.
"The Care of Books"
John Willis Clark
The cornice is of wood, and above this is a steep-pitched tile roof with dormers, surmounted by a balustrade inclosing a flat, from which rises a most picturesque wooden cupola.
"Vanishing England"
P. H. Ditchfield