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The Greek Revival-style Congregational Church dates from 1837, when pressure from the Baptist Society resulted in the church moving out of the third town hall. According to Donovan and Woodward, in their History of Lyndeborough, the church steeple was shortened sometime in the nineteenth century when it was hit by lightning; in fact, exterior details suggest the entire steeple may have been ...
A metal roof is a roofing system featuring metal pieces or tiles exhibiting corrosion resistance, impermeability to water, and long life. It is a component of the building envelope . The metal pieces may be a covering on a structural, non-waterproof roof, or they could be self-supporting sheets.
Today, conical roofs are more often used in rural areas either for circular or small square buildings. They are difficult to construct but use locally available materials. [4] Conical roofs are widely used in Armenian and Georgian church architecture. [5] [6] [7] A key feature of the Solomon Islands Parliament Building is its conical roof.
Nearly five years after the diocese closed crumbling St. Anne’s Church, a group dedicated to saving the historic building has begun roof repairs.
The mill house is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure, consisting of a main block with two ells extending to the north. The main block has a gabled roof with projecting dormer, as does the first ell, while the second ell is covered by a shed roof. Gable ends have decorative jigsawn vergeboard, and the front porch features turned posts and ...
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A vented copper roof assembly at Oak Ridge National Laboratories (U.S.) substantially reduced heat gain versus stone-coated steel shingle (SR246E90) or asphalt shingle (SR093E89), resulting in lower energy costs. [90] Types of copper roofs include: [91] Standing seam roofing is composed of preformed or field-formed pans. The pans run parallel ...
Tent roofs atop St. Barbara's Church, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic. A tented roof (also known as a pavilion roof) is a type of polygonal hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak. [1] Tented roofs, a hallmark of medieval religious architecture, were widely used to cover churches with steep, conical roof structures.