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The form and roof pitch of the original section strongly are indicative of an early construction date, possibly prior to ca. 1800; as presently constituted that section of the house is accessed via a side entrance on the east gable end, which additionally includes five small windows (three in the gable field), all fitted with six-over-six sash.
See also roof pitch, crow-stepped, corbie stepped, stepped gable: A gable roof with its end parapet walls below extended slightly upwards and shaped to resemble steps. A-frame Half-hipped (clipped gable, jerkinhead [ 7 ] ): A combination of a gable and a hip roof (pitched roof without changes to the walls) with the hipped part at the top and ...
The gable end roof is a poor design for hurricane or tornado-prone regions. Winds blowing against the gable end can exert tremendous pressure, both on the gable and on the roof edges where they overhang it, causing the roof to peel off and the gable to cave in. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
The overhang at the gable is referred to as a gable overhang, as opposed to eave overhang, or they both may be referred to as overhang. The underside of the eaves may be filled with a horizontal soffit fixed at right angles to the wall, the soffit may be decorative but it also has the function of sealing the gap between the rafters from vermin ...
The gablefront house developed after 1825 and coincided with the popularity of the American Greek Revival style, which placed emphasis on the gable-end of the house in the form of a pediment; often associated with Greek temples. [3] The gablefront house allows the narrow part of the house to face the street, usually on a rectangular lot.
A view of a roof using common purlin framing. The purlins are marked in red. This view is from the inside of the building, below the roof. The rafters are the beams of wood angled upward from the ground. They meet at the top of the gable at a ridge beam, which has extra bracing to attach it to the rafters.
An eave return (also a cornice return) is an element in Neoclassical architecture where the line of roof eave on a gable end comes down to a point, then doubles back briefly. There is a classical version and simpler substitutes. [1] An eve (or cornice) return is in contrast to a full pediment, which spans the full width of the gable.
In Indonesia, they saw dwellings with a roof style where the end of a roof started as a hip and finished as a gable end at the ridge. The gable end was an opening, to allow smoke to dissipate from the cooking fires. This roof design was brought back to Europe and the American Colonies, and adapted to local conditions. The roof style is still in ...