Colonial House Roof

Dutch colonial houses feature brick and stone construction and chimneys on each side of the house.

Colonial house roof.

Sometimes the roof has flared eaves that slope down to cover a porch. Front gable roofs have the roof ridge in line with the building s entrance. This type of roof is commonly seen on colonial style homes but is an increasingly popular design for modern buildings. Made from local limestone the original house also had a red clay tiled roof that was typical of the biberschwanz or beaver tail flat tile roofs of bavaria in southern germany.

White colonial house on the river circa 1808 8. They often have a steep gable roof or a gambrel roof. The lower section of the roof slopes gently up. The cape cod style homes were a common home in the early 17th of new england colonists these homes featured a simple rectangular shape commonly used by colonists.

White colonial mansion in camden maine circa 1863 6. An asymmetrical roof with one slight slope and one dramatic angle is known as a saltbox roof. The saltbox homes known for their steep roof among the back the house made for easy construction among colonists. This roofing material is durable and although colors are limited to dark shades of.

Slate tiles slate tiles create a rustic style of roof which works well with the style of american colonial homes. White colonial with red front door circa 1810 7. Then the roofline angles in the form a steeper pitch. They also often have a dutch door a split door where the top and bottom halves can open separately.

The information from each image that we get including set of size and resolution. If you think this is a useful collection you can. 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. The dutch colonial revival amityville horror house in amityville new york has a gambrel roof.

In its massing pitch and in the material you choose to cover it the roof is a big indicator of house style. Three storey white steep roof connecticut colonial circa. Yellow and red 18th century colonial house on kennebec river. A gambrel roof is a gable roof with two pitches.

Cape cod and colonial revival architectural styles often make use of the saltbox roof which came about as a means of cheaply adding more living space on upper levels of the home. The 1753 jacob keim farmstead in oley pennsylvania is typical of this vernacular colonial style. Gable and valley roof. Wood shingle exterior colonial on large property circa 1840 9.