The representation of the plantation house at Tara in the film Gone with the Wind corresponds more or less to the description of the house in the novel. The portrayal of the mansion at Twelve Oaks in the film is exaggerated and bears more resemblance to the Colonial Revival mansions popular in the United States in the first quarter of the 20th Century than it does to the home of an antebellum planter in rural Georgia.
The representation of Tara in Gone with the Wind closely aligns with the house as described in the novel. In contrast, Twelve Oaks is exaggerated and more reflective of Colonial Revival mansions from early 20th-century America rather than a typical antebellum plantation home in rural Georgia.