A cross-wing is an addition to a house, at right angles to the original block of a house, usually with a
gable
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...
. A cross-wing plan is an
architectural plan reflecting this; cross-wing architecture describes the style.
James Stevens Curl, in ''A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture'', defines it as a "Wing attached to the hall-range of a medieval house, its axis at right angles to the hall-range, and often gabled."
Cross-wing plans have been used in other eras. For example, during the settlement period in Utah in the late 1800s, original small
hall-and-parlor plan houses, often built in vernacular
Classical Revival
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...
style, were sometimes extended by the addition of a
Victorian
Victorian or Victorians may refer to:
19th century
* Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign
** Victorian architecture
** Victorian house
** Victorian decorative arts
** Victorian fashion
** Victorian literature ...
-style cross-wing.
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