<sod>'''The Cloisters''', also known as Cloisters Castle, is a historic home located at [[Lutherville, Maryland|Lutherville]], [[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore County]], [[Maryland]], [[United States]]. It was built about 1930 and is a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story house that is highly picturesque and irregular in elevation and plan that features a multiplicity of architectural ornament. It is built of large, random-sized blocks of a native gray and gold colored rock known as "[[Butler stone]]" and features a [[flagstone]] roof, with details principally of [[sandstone]], wood from the site, plaster, and [[wrought iron]]. The main façade is dominated by two asymmetrically placed, projecting sections topped by massive half-timbered gables which were originally part of a [[Medieval]] house in [[Domrémy-la-Pucelle|Domrémy]], [[France]]. It also features a massive stone octagonal stair tower, which contains a stone and wrought-iron [[Stairway#Spiral_and_helical_stairs|spiral staircase]] and is crowned by a crenellated parapet and a small, round, stone-roofed structure from which one can exit onto the roof of the main tower.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?NRID=549&COUNTY=Baltimore%20County&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx|title=Maryland Historical Trust|date=2008-10-05|work= National Register of Historic Places: The Cloisters|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}</ref> The house's roof is constructed of overlapping flagstones secured by iron pins, the only roof of this kind in America.<ref>{{cite web |title= Greenspring/East Pikesville Community Action Plan |page= 20 |url= http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/planning/community_planning/adopted_community_plans/greenpiketoc.html |date= September 29, 2009 |accessdate= 2011-02-28 }}</ref><eod>
<sod>'''The Cloisters''', also known as Cloisters Castle, is a historic home located at [[Lutherville, Maryland|Lutherville]], [[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore County]], [[Maryland]], [[United States]]. It was built about 1930 and is a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story house that is highly picturesque and irregular in elevation and plan that features a multiplicity of architectural ornament. It is built of large, random-sized blocks of a native gray and gold colored rock known as "[[Butler stone]]" and features a [[flagstone]] roof, with details principally of [[sandstone]], wood from the site, plaster, and [[wrought iron]]. The main façade is dominated by two asymmetrically placed, projecting sections topped by massive half-timbered gables which were originally part of a [[Medieval]] house in [[Domrémy-la-Pucelle|Domrémy]], [[France]]. It also features a massive stone octagonal stair tower, which contains a stone and wrought-iron [[Stairway#Spiral_and_helical_stairs|spiral staircase]] and is crowned by a crenellated parapet and a small, round, stone-roofed structure from which one can exit onto the roof of the main tower.<ref>{{cite web|url={{MHT url|id=549}}|title=Maryland Historical Trust|date=2008-10-05|work= National Register of Historic Places: The Cloisters|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}</ref> The house's roof is constructed of overlapping flagstones secured by iron pins, the only roof of this kind in America.<ref>{{cite web |title= Greenspring/East Pikesville Community Action Plan |page= 20 |url= http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/planning/community_planning/adopted_community_plans/greenpiketoc.html |date= September 29, 2009 |accessdate= 2011-02-28 }}</ref><eod>