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Features / Outside

Outside

Spire

A tall tapering pointed roof on top of a tower. A broach spire rises straight off a square tower with sloping half-pyramids at the corners; others rise from behind a parapet.

Where to look
The pointed top of a tower; note whether it is stone, slate, shingle or metal.
Styles
On the drawings
Front

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Front of a building with a central tower and spire, a rose window, a pointed doorway, lancet windows and buttresses. Each label links to its feature. FinialSpireBelfryRose windowPinnacleButtressLouvreTowerGableTympanumLancet windowsPortal
FrontSpire is highlighted.