Gothic Revival Mansard Roof Style

A mansard roof is a hipped roof with two slopes the lower being very steeply pitched and the upper being almost flat.

Gothic revival mansard roof style.

The style is characterized by strong picturesque massing rounded arches short columns solid masonry stone work hipped roofs with gables although mansard roofs and front gabled roof were more typically used in townhouses decorative windows clustered in groups of three or more and sunken doorways with arched tops small columns and decorative trims. Houses in a variety of styles were given the characteristic second empire feature. As a result second empire homes in the united states are often composites of italianate gothic revival and other styles. The first and most common has a series of relatively small upside down v shaped wall dormers that break up the line of an otherwise horizontal sometimes mansard roof.

The second has the short side of the building facing forward so that its relatively large steeply pitched roof that usually spans the building s entire facade. Trendy and practical mansard roofs were placed atop otherwise modest structures.