Spanish revival style homes are influenced by Spanish Colonial architecture of earlier centuries. Spanish Revival is more ornate with stylistic detail apparent in both large features and small, such as intricately patterned tile work and wrought iron hardware. Elaborate tile work, applied relief ornamentation, and wrought iron grill work is used to create frames around doorways and windows, and is used widely as decorative accents throughout the house. Towers and columns are often, seen as are balustrades, cantilevered balconies, covered porches, and arcaded walkways.
Roofing
- Typically low pitched roof
- Gabled and shed roofs
- Short
- No hangovers
- Parapet roofs
Materials
- Barrel mission tiles on pitched roofs
- Also used as accents on parapet walls
Materials
- Typically stucco finish
- Adobe
Colors:
- White
- Ivory/Buff
- Light earth tone
Doors
- French doors
- Typically arched
- Glass door combined with wrought iron details
- Bottom half has panels
- Dark wood
Windows
- Recessed windows
- Header and/or sill surrounds
- Wrought iron details
Shutters
- Typically dark wood
- Decorative hinge straps
- Small wrought iron details
- Board-n-batten shutters
Framed paneled shutters
Colors:
- Dark warm colors
- Natural/Nude
Porch
- Held up by wooden columns
- Typically with arcaded walkways
Columns
- Thick stucco columns
- Wood post with wooden beam
Arcades
- Arcades serve as sheltered walkways
- Also serve as covered patios
- Match existing material
Eave Details
- Shallow
- No overhangs on eaves
- Decorative exposed rafters
Chimneys
- Brick veneer
- Stucco finish
- Painted metal flues
- Special treatment with moldings
- Small openings
Gutters & Downspouts
- Made of pre-weathered zinc
- Copper or painted metal
- Decorative brackets and leader – heads
Railings
- Finely crafted
- Ornamental
- Wrought iron railing
Trim
- Typically 2-4” wood trim
- Match existing color or contrasting color
