mansard
Speech parts
1. mansard - Noun
2. mansard - Adjective
3. mansard - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
a hip roof having two slopes on each side
(of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper
Source: WordNetSynonyms
mansard roof
garret
dome
granary
apartment
roof
bean
barn
attic
loft
hipped
bonce
parallelopiped
curb roof
rooftop
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the story formed by a mansard roof is usually called the garret
I can find quite a few apartment blocks of the appropriate vintage (although nothing that looks in quite such disrepair), but I’ve got nothing to narrow it down to the building under renovation with the Mansard roof and the spiky sky light.