Colonial House Roof

The 1753 jacob keim farmstead in oley pennsylvania is typical of this vernacular colonial style.

Colonial house roof. In its massing pitch and in the material you choose to cover it the roof is a big indicator of house style. Wood shingle exterior colonial on large property circa 1840 9. Front gable roofs have the roof ridge in line with the building s entrance. Then the roofline angles in the form a steeper pitch.

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. Gable and valley roof. Three storey white steep roof connecticut colonial circa. Here are some pictures of the hip roof colonial house plans.

This type of roof is commonly seen on colonial style homes but is an increasingly popular design for modern buildings. White colonial mansion in camden maine circa 1863 6. Sometimes the roof has flared eaves that slope down to cover a porch. 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.

Slate tiles slate tiles create a rustic style of roof which works well with the style of american colonial homes. They also often have a dutch door a split door where the top and bottom halves can open separately. 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. Navigate your pointer and click the picture to see the large or full size image.

Use this opportunity to see some galleries to give you inspiration we found these are artistic images. This roofing material is durable and although colors are limited to dark shades of. Dutch colonial houses feature brick and stone construction and chimneys on each side of the house. The lower section of the roof slopes gently up.

The saltbox homes known for their steep roof among the back the house made for easy construction among colonists. They often have a steep gable roof or a gambrel roof. The information from each image that we get including set of size and resolution. Yellow and red 18th century colonial house on kennebec river.

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. If you think this is a useful collection you can. A gambrel roof is a gable roof with two pitches. White colonial with red front door circa 1810 7.