An eyebrow dormer has no additional vertical wall sides and can give the impression of an eye peering out from under a hooded lid. These are often found on shingle-style and Tudor homes.

“These windows are located on a flat wall, and they don’t protrude from the house like a dormer would,” adds Patrick. “In terms of dormers and gables, you can have a dormer with a gabled ...

What’s the difference between a dormer and a gable window? A gable window fits into the triangular section of a house’s wall at the end of a pitched roof. It typically follows the roofline.