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Cross gabled: The result of joining two or more gabled roof sections together, forming a T or L shape for the simplest forms, or any number of more complex shapes. 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.
The name comes from the Medieval Latin word gamba, meaning horse's hock or leg. [1] [2] The term gambrel is of American origin, [3] the older, European name being a curb (kerb, kirb) roof. Europeans historically did not distinguish between a gambrel roof and a mansard roof but called both types a mansard. In the United States, various shapes of ...
George Obendorf Gothic Arch Truss Barn, built from Sears Roebuck parts, in Idaho. A Gothic-arched roof barn or Gothic-arch barn or Gothic barn or rainbow arch [1] is a barn whose profile is in the ogival shape of a Gothic arch. These became economically feasible when arch members could be formed by a lamination process.
Though round barns were not as popular as some other barn designs, their unique shape makes them noticeable. The years from 1880 to 1920 represent the height of round barn construction. [1] Round barn construction in the United States can be divided into two overlapping eras. The first, the octagonal era, spanned from 1850 to 1900. The second ...
Historic barn with new roof in 2012. [71] 12-sided barn near Taberville NW State Route H, near Taberville: Taber Township, St. Clair County, Missouri: Historic 12-sided barn, red. [71] Dorough Round Barn and Farm: built 1917 NRHP 1980
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.
A housebarn is a combined house and barn. Barndominium: a type of house that includes living space attached to either a workshop or a barn, typically for horses, or a large vehicle such as a recreational vehicle or a large recreational boat; Byre-dwelling: farmhouse with people and livestock under one roof
The barns are typically the oldest and biggest buildings to be found on the farm. Many barns were converted into cow houses and fodder processing and storage buildings after the 1880s. Many barns had owl holes to allow for access by barn owls, encouraged to aid vermin control. The stable is typically the second-oldest building type on the farm.