Mansard roof

Mansard roof

A roof with two slopes, the lower almost vertical to allow extra roof space for the attic rooms ...

Mansard Roof
Picture Dictionary of Roof Styles: Mansard or French Style Roof
The Second Empire style Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington DC has a high mansard roof.

Mansard Roof
a roof with two slopes. Often it is flat on top.
Shingles
small, flat pieces of wood which are used to cover the roof in order to protect the house. Sometimes they look like fish scales.

mansard roof
A roof that has a double slope, with the lower slope steeper and longer than the upper one; a gambrel roof. Named after the seventeenth-century French architect Frantois Mansart.
mantelpiece ...

Mansard Roof - A type of curb roof in which the pitch of the upper portion of a sloping side is slight and that of the lower portion steep. The lower portion is usually interrupted by dormer windows.

mansard roof - A roof having two slopes on all sides, the lower is much steeper than the upper. Often includes dormer windows.
modillions - Ornamental blocks or brackets used to support the corona in the Corinthian orders ...

MANSARD ROOF: named after the French architect Francois Mansart (1598-1666); a double slope roof with the lower slope being longer and steeper, with a concave curve. Can be sloped on all four sides or just two sides (front and back). (IMAGE) ...

Mansard Roof -- A roof with two slopes on all four sides, with the lower slope almost vertical and the upper almost horizontal.

MANSARD ROOF A roof with a double slope " the lower is longer and sleeper.
(illustration from Hussey's National Cottage Architecture 1874)
MERLON The raised part of an indented parapet or battlement.

Mansard Roof - A hip roof in which each face has two slopes, the lower one steeper than the upper.
Modillion - A small ornamental bracket, usually scroll-shaped at an eave.

mansard roof: a pitched roof of two sections with different slopes, which provides greater space within the roof.
Manueline style: the rich Late Gothic style of Portugal named after King Manuel I (1495-1521).

Mansard roof : a roof that has two slopes on each of the four sides. The lower slope is steeper than the upper slope. Dormers are often set in the lower slope. The upper slope is usually not visible from the ground.

mansard roof - a roof having two slopes on each of its four sides; the lower slope is steeper than the upper. Mansard roofs have dormers in them so that a usable third floor is created as opposed to an attic. (p. 22).

mansard roof
curb roof - a roof with two or more slopes on each side of the ridge
French roof - a mansard roof with sides that are nearly perpendicular ...

mansard roof which permits full use of top floor space and eliminates sloping ceilings of gable roof
irregular building outline
sometimes includes decorative iron cresting on roof tops ...

Mansard Roof - Double pitched roof in which lower pitch is nearly vertical and upper is nearly horizontal
Mezzanine - Partial story between two main stories; usually projects as a balcony ...

MANSARD ROOF - This roof is flat on top, sloping steeply down on its sides, thus appearing to enclose the top storey, usually tiled.
MANTLEPIECE - The wood, brick, stone or marble frame surrounding a fireplace.

Mansard Roof
Slight eave overhang with brackets
Arched top dormers
Square towers
Roof-top cupolas
Pilasters to sides of doors (may have pediment)
Chamfered porch supports
Full-width one-story porch or partial (often inset in L) porch ...

The Mansard roof on this is still intact with the fish scale shingles and shouldering on the trim.

French Roof
- see mansard roof. More generous attic space in later Victorian times.

A main characteristic of Second Empire is the Mansard roof (double pitched hip roof). It is named for Parisian architect, Francois Mansart (1598-1666), noted for his introduction of a simplified Baroque style to France.

The Second Empire style is an example of a roof style which identifies a house type! Mansard roofs increase the head room in the attic space; hence providing an additional story.

The French Second Empire style is named after the Mansard-roofed buildings of France constructed during Napoleon III's Second Empire in the third quarter of the 19th century. Mansard roofs, named after 17th century French architect Franç ...

Mansard Roof - pitched roof which has, on each side, a shallower upper slope and a steeper lower slope.
Mortar - mixture of sand, cement, water and sometimes lime used to join stones, blocks or bricks.

See also: Mansard, House, Architecture, Dormer, Gable