Shingles and Arches
House Style Workshop: House With Shingles and Arches
Shingles and Arches characterize this New York home. Is it a Victorian?
Woodshingles roofing: Creosote
National Park Service on Wood Shingle Roofing for Historic Buildings
Graycliff Official Home Page
Traditional Building Materials Used in Buffalo, NY ...
Shingles
Chisel, Diamond, Fishscale, Octagon, Sawtooth, Square Butt
Stairs ...
Shingles - Wooden tiles for covering roofs, walls and spires, They were sometimes of other materials (e.g. asbestos, cement) but were always cut to standard shapes and sizes.
Roof shingles ...
shingles
Wood, asphalt, or other material that is applied in small sections as an outside covering on roofs of exterior walls to convey the run off of water.
shiplag siding/tongue and groove ...
Shingles: Small rectangular slabs of wood used on roofs instead of tiles, slates etc.
Soakaway: Arrangement for disposal of rainwater, utilising graded aggregate laid below ground.
Shingles Small rectangular slabs of wood, usually cedar, used on roofs and timber framed buildings instead of tiles, slates etc.
Shingles - A flat thin rectangular timber tile as roof cladding or over walls, laid so that each tile overlaps the one below.
diamond shingles - ornamental shingles that when overlapped form diamonds.(p. 32 - on the towers, p. 33 - shingle work above the star, comet and man on the moon).
Shingles are thin tiles, usually rectangular, that are laid in overlapping rows to provide the final finish for walls and roofs. Shingles can be made of wood, cedar in particular, known as shakes, or stone.
Asphalt - Waterloo
Oakville ...
shingles - thin pieces of wood used in overlapping rows to cover roofs and exterior walls of houses; can be cut in decorative shapes
sidelights - windows at either side of a door; often in conjunction with a transom above door and sidelights ...
Asbestos Shingles - A shingling material made up of a nonconducting, fireproof mineral used in roofing and siding. No longer allowed due to health risk.
Fish-Scale Shingles
Overlapping wooden tiles used to clad exterior walls; may take various shapes such as fish-scales, diamonds or squares.
Foundation ...
Continuous wood shingles, stretched smooth, on siding and roofs
Set on masonry or stone foundations
Wide porches
Cross gables
Roughhewn stone on lower levels
Two or three stories tall
Irregular roof lines
Prominent but not ornate chimneys ...
Walls: Half Timbering, patterned wood shingles, patterned stick-work on walls
Parapet on gabled roof
Side-gabled, front-gabled or hipped with cross gables Roof: Steep pitch,
gabled or shaped dormers
round (sometimes square) towers ...
Shingle - Shingle architecture is relaxed and informal with wall cladding and roofing of continuous wood shingles.
Small, square windows in the front gables are a Queen Anne attribute (from what I know), along with patterned shingles.
17-21. Branford, CT.
22. Dillsboro, NC.
The houses were almost entirely made out of wood, including the thick shingles. the windows were made of small panes of glass and had the style of double hung.
Advancements in machine technology meant that Victorian-era builders could easily incorporate mass-produced ornamentation such as brackets, spindles, and patterned shingles.
Nearly all the houses and buildings in colonial Chiloe were built with wood, and roof shingles were extensively employed. Roof shingles of Fitzroya came to be used as money and called "Real de Alerce".
Wood shingles in gable peak
5. Brackets
6. Gable detailing on porch
7. Grouped columns set on brick piers
8. Brick arch
9. 1 over 1 double hung sash windows
10. Stone belt course
11. Stone water table
12. Cut stone foundation ...
Rafter: Rafters are the structural members that support the roof sheathing to which the outer covering of the roof (shingles, etc.) is attached.
Soft woods have been used, and continue to be used in parts of the world, where they are usually coated in tar to achieve longevity. Shingles can be sawn or cleft, that is split along the grain. Cleft shingles look better and last longer.
A variety of building materials are commonly used for wall treatment, including wooden shingles or clapboards, stucco, and embedded cobblestones.
Northeastern Georgian building materials were usually clapboard or shingles. In the mid-Atlantic colonies brick or stone was readily available. Brick was used most often in the South.
imbricated - used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
imbricate
phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants ...
ShellThin, self-supporting roofing membrane of timber or concrete.Sheugh(Scots): A trench or open drain; a street gutter.ShinglesThin pieces of wood like overlapping tiles, used externally.Shouldered arch ...
On the outside, these have a rustic appearance with its steep gabled roofs, overhanging eaves, exposed crafters, and "earthy" building materials of wooden shingles, stucco, and field stones. Dormers and large front porches are common.
Shingle Style - Late 19th century US style involving cladding houses with shingles, or wooden tiles, over timber frames
Silhouette - Shadow outline filled in with black or other colour: an outline showing against a contrasting background.
 See also: Shingle, House, Architecture, Gable, Brick
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