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Shed roof attached to a barn. A shed roof, also known variously as a pent roof, lean-to roof, outshot, catslide, skillion roof (in Australia and New Zealand), and, rarely, a mono-pitched roof, [1] is a single-pitched roof surface. This is in contrast to a dual- or multiple-pitched roof.
Shed roof (lean-to, pent roof, [2] skirt roof, outshot, skillion, mono-roof [3]): A roof with one slope, historically attached to a taller wall. Saw-tooth: Multiple single-pitched roofs arrayed in a row, sometimes seen on factories. [4] Multi-pitched roof:
A lean-to shelter is a simplified free-standing version of a wilderness hut with three solid walls and a single- or, in the case of an Adirondack lean-to, offset-pitched gable roof. The open side is commonly oriented away from the prevailing weather. Often it is made of rough logs or unfinished wood and used for camping.
Wide buildings with common rafters need interior rows of posts. Sometimes rafters may be attached directly to the poles. The roof pitch of pole buildings is usually low and the roof form is usually gable or lean-to. Metal roofing is commonly used as the roofing and siding material on pole buildings.
It is a wooden structure on a concrete foundation, with the main central block standing two stories tall. Six skylights in the central roof admit light. A shed-roofed lean-to is attached to each side, expanding the storage space. Facing the lake are four garage-door-type openings for moving boats in and out of the bays. [3]
The openings include board doors, garage doors, fixed windows and a casement window. At the rear is a lean-to wheelhouse with a breast-shot waterwheel. At the rear is a lean-to wheelhouse with a breast-shot waterwheel.
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There is a single storey and attics, and an L-shaped plan, with a front of three bays, a rear wing, and a garage extension on the left. In the centre is a doorway, the windows on the front are sashes, and elsewhere are horizontally-sliding sashes. Attached on the left is an outbuilding in stone with some brick, and with a lean-to. [19] II