Architectural style of this front door? (see pic)

August 4, 2015 12:46 PM

We're redesigning the porch to our front door and I'd love to get some ideas online, but I don't know how to describe the angular style of our front door. Here is a photo. Thanks for any help!
posted by okay-quiet-time to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

Can you post another photo so that we can see the front door?
posted by PorcineWithMe at 1:54 PM on August 4, 2015

I'd go with octagonal to describe that particular feature. It's fairly common in Victorian/Queen Anne architecture, where it would extend upward another floor and become a tower.
posted by thadman at 1:57 PM on August 4, 2015

My partner builds houses and businesses. His response:

"Dunno if there's a word for it. Just an oblique door/foyer/mudroom depending on how big that space is behind the door--any contractor would probably still need to see a picture, or more pictures."
posted by late afternoon dreaming hotel at 4:03 PM on August 4, 2015

Enclosed portico, set at an angle.
posted by Iris Gambol at 4:24 PM on August 4, 2015

Response by poster: It's hard to photography because the previous owner closed off the the front door, so there's a wall of fencing straight ahead when you walk out the front door. "Enclosed portico" seems to provide me with the most results, although I can't seem to work in the angular part. Thank you for the suggestions.
posted by okay-quiet-time at 6:36 PM on August 4, 2015

Sort of Southwestern Craftsman but the hardware might nix that.
posted by nickggully at 8:31 PM on August 4, 2015

That looks like a bay door of sorts, but typically you'd see lites on both adjacent walls.
posted by halogen at 11:10 PM on August 4, 2015