Haveli literally means Hawa-Wali (filled with air). The Major consideration in Haveli architecture was that the air, sun and life reaching to the Haveli dwellers through the open space left in the centre which was always open to sky. They are so planned and designed that dust and heat does not disturb living.

The Major characters found in these Haveli are that they are always approached through successive flights on the pidakhiyas (steps) and Hathini (board stone-slab at intervals for resting) usually set in the left. The main gate is on a high plinth about 7’ or 8’ high reached by a flight of steps. High plinth has always been favored to protect the houses from dust laden lanes. Here the Ota (platform) planned along the main gate is partly covered and the ceiling of mol (drawing room) covers vestibule thus formed, which also projects out to cover the small cell designed in the basement along the wayside. The front of the ground floor is called moda and its back the pathiyal. These at the lowest level are well lit and ventilated and by holes pierced in the form of taraphul star shaped holes. The chambers at the ground level were designed to store merchandise, etc, in large quantities; those of first floor and above were meant for residential purposes of the family members.

The mol is generally found decorated at its best, and its back portion on this floor is called medi. Inside the halls or rooms have bilati (cornice), panihara (niche), beel (projected slab just above the arched doors or window) where objects of interests were placed as decorative pieces. Small niches (ala) meant for oil lamps are splendidly carved and jeweled with a peacock crested ravati separate lamp-stand in stone was carved out in the wall. The whole structure rose on the surangdar pillars and bangalidar arches. The courtyard had always remained small and enclosed by high walls as a protection against the dust laden whirlwinds. The top roof or the upper-most-terrace has stone parapets formed by vali (horizontal bars) and mudi (standing shafts).