Dormers Windows

Dormer windows should be small, unobtrusive and designed so as to be in harmony with the existing building. In general these should be considered simply as a means of lighting and ventilating the existing roof space and thereby allowing it to be used as a room, not as an extended room pushed out into the roof pitch. When the dormer is at the front of the building, it is likely to interfere with both the original design of the existing building and cause a visual intrusion into the street scene. It will therefore need to be carefully designed to be acceptable.



Figure 6 Acceptable and unacceptable dormers