Cross gabled roof
Illustration: 442 Parkside Ave.
Stucco exterior
Onondaga limestone exterior chimney
Small Windows on either side of chimney
Square bay ...
Cross Gable
Cross gable roofs have two or more gable rooflines that intersect. A house with a basic gable roof will have a rectangular shape, but a house with a cross gable roof can have a more complex shape and therefore a more complex layout.
Steep cross gables
Bay and oriel windows
Vertical board and batten trim
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Side-gabled, front-gabled or hipped with cross gables Roof: Steep pitch,
gabled or shaped dormers
round (sometimes square) towers
decorated verge boards
trusses in gables
metal roof cresting
broken pediment on windows ...
Tudor style homes have many of these features: decorative half-timbering, steeply pitched roof; prominent cross gables, tall, narrow windows; small window panes; massive chimneys, often topped with decorative chimney pots.
Identifying features of Gothic Revival are steeply pitched roofs, usually with steep cross gables; intricately carved verge boards (barge boards) along the eaves and gable edges (beyond the mid-1860's, ...
Cross gables
Roughhewn stone on lower levels
Two or three stories tall
Irregular roof lines
Prominent but not ornate chimneys
Curvy "eyebrow" dormers
Turrets, towers, verandas, and oriels
Asymmetrical floor plans ...
Façade dominated by one or more prominent cross gables, usually steeply pitched
Decorative half-timbering present
Steeply pitched roof, usually side-gabled ...
Decorative half-timbering
Steeply pitched roof
Prominent cross gables
Tall, narrow windows
Small window panes
Large chimneys, often topped with decorative chimney pots ...
38. New Bedford, MA.
39. New Bedford, MA. James Hammett House, c.1856. Features a central cross gable with Italianate cornice and brackets, Italianate-style porch, and paired or double-arched windows.
 See also: Architecture, Gable, House, Pitch, Porch
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