Gothic Revival Mansard Roof Style

Adrian has two distinctly different types of gothic revival style homes.

Gothic revival mansard roof style.

There are several variations of the slope some being straight while others being flared concave convex more rarely curved s and ogee patterns but whatever shape they take the mansard makes the style. A mansard roof is a hipped roof with two slopes the lower being very steeply pitched and the upper being almost flat. 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. As a result second empire homes in the united states are often composites of italianate gothic revival and other styles.

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. 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.