Housing Styles Accessories

Roof Styles:


This style of roof is called a Gable roof. They are the most common type of roof, and consits of two slanted rectangles that meet at a point.





This style of roof is called a Gambrel roof. Typical "Barn" style roof. Lower level is a steeper pitch while higher level is slightly less. Only on 2 sides.





This style of roof is called a Hip roof. Similar to gable roof but with 4 surfaces. Intersecting surfaces are called hips.




This style of roof is called a Saltbox roof. They have a pitched roof that slopes down more on one side.




This style of roof is called a Mansard roof. They are the same as gambrel but lower and upper levels are on all four sides.


Housing Characteristics:




This style of window is called a Bay window. It sticks out from the house to give more light to a room.



This window is called a Casement window. They are attatched to hinges and open outward.



 
This is called a Clapboard. Clapboard, also known as bevel siding or lap siding or weatherboard (with regional variants as to the exact definitions of these terms), is the  siding of a house consisting of long thin wooden boards that overlap one another horizontally on the outside of the wall.





This a dormer is a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface. Dormers are used, either in original construction or as later additions, to create usable space in the roof of a building by adding headroom and usually also by enabling addition of windows. It is the setting for a vertical window on a roof. There are gable dormers and shed dormers, but they are most often found in upstairs bedrooms.




Eaves is the portion of the roof that projects beyond the wall. All houses have eaves.



This window is called a fanlight window. This window is semi-circled and often times found above doors.





This window is called a palladian window. It is a three part window with one large arched center and flanking rectangular sidelights.







Pediments are triangular crowns used to cover over doors, windows, or porches.







Portico is a large porch with a pedimented roof supported by classical columns or pillars.






Rafters are the roof beams that slope from the ridge to the wall. In most houses, rafters are only visible from the attic.





Sidelights are the windows on either side of the door.





Turrets are small towers, often on the side of a home or building.