Colonial House Roof Design

The right roof is more than icing on the cake when it comes to architecture.

Colonial house roof design.

The lower section of the roof slopes gently up. See the rest of this home. Next is the dutch colonial design found primarily in today s states of new york and new jersey. Dutch colonial house plans are easy to spot by their gambrel roof with two different slopes shallow and then steep when you think of a classic barn shape you probably picture a gambrel roof.

A gambrel roof is a gable roof with two pitches. The dutch colonial revival amityville horror house in amityville new york has a gambrel roof. Instead of wood the dutch colonial will be made of brick or stone and have a distinctive gambrel roof. If you have a true colonial era house say a new england georgian or a gambrel roofed dutch colonial revival or a shingle style house better stick with wood shingles or a close modern approximation.

While many colonial homes feature two stories especially farmhouses you ll also find many one story designs and even those with one and a half stories traditional to cape cod designs. Navigate your pointer and click the picture to see the large or full size image. They were similar in design to the new england style and built between 1600 and 1730 taking the new england architecture and improving upon it. Then the roofline angles in the form a steeper pitch.

Notice the steep gabled roof abruptly ending eaves exterior shutters and the symmetrical rectangle design all elements of british colonial architecture in the usa. If you think this is a useful collection you can. That would be slate. Use this opportunity to see some galleries to give you inspiration we found these are artistic images.