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.
Full garrison style roof.
Adam federal style house plans a later development feature low pitched roofs and more decorative detail.
This style also improves the look of the roof providing a more unique and interesting design than the very common simple hip roof.
A full or partial gable can be found at the end of the ridge in the roof allowing for a greater amount of internal roof space.
A hip roof or a hipped roof is a style of roofing that slopes downwards from all sides to the walls and hence has no vertical sides.
The garrison style is a two story building with an overhanging jetty.
This style is distinguished by a second story overhanging the long side of the house and below that overhang there are sometimes found a set of four decorative carvings such as pineapples or acorns.
The gable is the triangular siding area formed by the shape of the roof.
The hip roof is the most commonly used roof style in north america after the gabled roof.
It is a variant of the colonial revival style and is most commonly seen in the north.
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The most popular roof style may be the side gable because it s one of the easiest to build.
Nov 5 2013 the origins of the garrison home can be traced back to england where this style of house was called a two story english overhang because the second story overhangs the first.
The traditional ornamentation is four carved drops pineapple strawberry or acorn shape below the overhang.
This style of roofing became popular in the united states during the 18 th century in the.
A garrison is an architectural style of house typically two stories with the second story overhanging in the front.
It is rectangular with two stories.
The distinguishing characteristic is the 2nd story overhang in the front.
The garrison colonial house is representative.
We purchased our 1960 s garrison colonial in a boston suburb in late 2014.
It is rectangular with two stories.