Hipped roof (sloped inward on all four sides)
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hipped roof
A roof with slopes on all four sides. The "hips" are the lines formed when the slopes meet at the corners.
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Hipped Roof -- A roof with uniform slopes on all four sides.
Hood Mold -- A projecting molding above an arch, doorway or window.
Ionic Order -- A classical order characterized by a capital with spiral scrolls, called volutes.
Hipped Roof A roof which slopes to the eaves on all sides, a roof without gables. I
Ionic The type of Greek column characterized by scroll-like decorations.
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Jamb The vertical members of a window or door frame.
HIPPED ROOF A roof that slopes on all four sides.
HOOD-MOULD A moulding that is applied over a window to throw off rainwater, especially in medieval architecture.
JAMB The vertical side of a fireplace opening, doorway, window, etc.
Hipped roof - A type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls.
Keystone - the architectural piece at the crown of a vault or arch and marks its apex, locking the other pieces into position.
hipped roof: a pitched roof in which the ends are also sloped.
hypaethral: (Greek) open to the sky.
imperial staircase: one with a central arm breaking into 2 flights which follow the outer walls.
HIPPED ROOFa roof that slopes on four sides
HOODa moulding located above a window or door to deflect rainwater
LANCETa sharply pointed Gothic arch or window ...
HIPPED ROOF - A roof with sloped instead of vertical ends.
HAC - High Alumina Cement. Additive used in concrete to speed hardening, cases loss of strength especially in damp conditions.
HARDCORE - Broken brick, stone, concrete etc.
A hipped roof which turns to a gablet at the ridge.GarderobeA medieval privy; usually built into the thickness of an external wall.GargoyleProjecting water spout often carved into human or animal shape.Gauged brickwork ...
A hipped roof
Chimneys on both sides of the home.
A stone parapet surrounding the roof
A portico in the middle of the roof with a ring window in the middle ...
Hipped
Hipped roofs slope in four directions. The "hip" is the angle formed where two sloped sides meet. This roof is used with many different architectural styles and is said to stand up to hurricane winds better than a gable roof.
The low, hipped roof further increases vertical proportions by being barely visible so that the walls will not appear to be shorter than what they are. In the center of the roof would be a tower or a cupola.
hip roof, hipped roof - a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides ...
pyramidal hipped roof - A pyramid-shaped roof with four, sloping sides that meet at a point
quarrel (quarry) - Small, rectangular, diamond or triangular shaped panes of glass ...
Hip Roof, or Hipped Roof
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"British" Georgian, because of the hipped roof.
2. Somers, CT. c. 1776. "American" Georgian, because of the gable roof.
3. Scantic, CT.
4. Bellefonte, PA. A rare case of full-size Georgian houses on urban lots.
5. Bellefonte, PA.
Some plans are symmetrical with steep hipped roofs and exteriors are sometimes siding, shakes or other materials.
One subtype was the Classic Box with hipped roof and 2-story square or rectangular design. Dormers were usually present. Some had a full-width porch with classical columns. Others were without porches or featured small entry porches.
Pyramidal roof: A pyramidal roof is a hipped roof which lacks a ridge, the four isosceles-triangular planes of the roof meeting at a common apex. As the name suggests, it resembles a pyramid.
Jenkins-head Roof - A gabled roof with its apex truncated by a small hipped roof.
Joist - Wood framing members, usually set 16" apart on center, carefully chosen to support all "live" and "dead" loads.
Hip
- the junction of two external, sloping roof surfaces. A hipped roof has no gables, it consits of four sloping sides.
foursquare - a 20th century house form characterized by one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half stories, a square plan with a room in each corner and a center stair, and a hipped roof. (from Dictionary of Building Preservation) ...
 See also: Hipped, House, Architecture, Gable, Brick
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