Colonial House Roof Design
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Colonial house roof design. Then the roofline angles in the form a steeper pitch. Above is a very classic british colonial style house in nantucket ma a really great place to visit btw. That would be slate. 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.
Next is the dutch colonial design found primarily in today s states of new york and new jersey. See the rest of this home. The lower section of the roof slopes gently up. 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.
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. 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. The dutch colonial revival amityville horror house in amityville new york has a gambrel roof.
Navigate your pointer and click the picture to see the large or full size image. Instead of wood the dutch colonial will be made of brick or stone and have a distinctive gambrel roof. The right roof is more than icing on the cake when it comes to architecture. The information from each image that we get including set of size and resolution.