Describe a typical plantation home? ...
Answers: 2-4 stories tall. Porch surrounding complete house for airflow in the summer. Floor to ceiling window, parlors, and formal rooms with fireplaces. Trees on property for shade. Out buildings for hired hand. Lots of acerage. Attic.
Think "Tara" in Gone With The Wind. Very all-embracing. Lots of columns with a deck/porch that go across the front of the second story. Like a typical Southern mansion.