Canted facades are a typical of, but not exclusive to, Baroque architecture. The angle breaking the facade is less than a right angle, thus enabling a canted facade to be viewed as, and remain, one composition. Bay windows frequently have canted sides.[2]
^Harris, Cyril (2013). Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture. Courier. ISBN978-0-486-13211-2. chamfer: 1. A bevel or cant, such as a small splay at the external angle of a masonry wall
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