| A slight pagoda-like lift to the gables and unusual terracotta roof ornaments lend a hint of the exotic to the large shingled houses. |
| Look at the gables, look at the pinnacles, look at the crockets, look at the parapets! |
| As it stood there, lifting its proud roofs and gables to the sky, it might have been its own funeral monument. |
| The prevailing style of the roughly 3,800 neighboring houses features large gables and verandas, with porticos, pediments, and glossy interiors. |
| Rather than facing in one direction, the gables of the main house meet to form a 90-degree angle dictated by the T-shaped floor plan. |
| He pulled the car over to the side of the road and gazed at it, the old Victorian structure with its gables and wraparound porch. |
