Old Roof Styles

These houses often had slate roofs which might be ornamented with multi color slates arranged in patterns.

Old roof styles.

Most flat roofs are not really 100 flat but rather they are low sloped roofs that appear flat but have a little. Scalloped copper shingles follow the tight curves of this conical roof. Bow roof rainbow gothic gothic arch and ship s bottom roof. Today mansard style roofs are occasionally used in one and two story apartment buildings restaurants and neo eclectic houses.

It s steep pointed roof which extends all the way to the ground or close to the ground. Compare with bell cast eaves. Turret top left. Conical roof or cone roof.

The term gable refers to the triangular shape that is formed when the two pitched areas of your. Decorative iron roof cresting goes hand in hand with the style. The roof might be straight sided convex or concave and broken by dormers. Historically also called a compass roof.

Top 20 roof types and pros cons roof styles design architecture flat. The pale gray metal finish on this standing seam roof offers a welcome contrast to the textured. In the united states second empire or mansard was a victorian style popular from the 1860s through the 1880s. De l orme also used bow roofs see below.

The a frame is very easy to identify. 36 types of roofs styles for houses illustrated roof design examples 1.