When a pediment is used, the height should be one-fourth the width of the base.
Windows
The general proportions and treatments of doors apply also to windows, and if doors and windows are placed in the same line the heads of the openings should be in horizontal alignment. If this is not possible the top of the cornice may agree with the inner line of the window openings.
Windows terminate below in a sill, or sometimes in a balcony, and as a general rule those on the same level should be similar in treatment, but an alternation such as already suggested with curved and straight lined pediments is quite satisfactory.
The frieze and consoles of doors and windows are often decorated with relief ornament.
When a façade is divided by columns or pilasters the bays are pierced with windows ranged above each
No. 184. Windows.
A. Rusticated Architrave. B. Rusticated Ionic Columns. C. & D. Rustication with Horizontal and Vertical Joints Defined.