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Recognizing House Styles

Recognizing House Styles. Housing Semester Course Caddo Hills. Tudor. Tudor style homes usually have these features: Decorative half-timbering Steeply pitched roof Prominent cross gables Tall, narrow windows Small window panes

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Recognizing House Styles

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  1. Recognizing House Styles Housing Semester Course Caddo Hills

  2. Tudor Tudor style homes usually have these features: Decorative half-timbering Steeply pitched roof Prominent cross gables Tall, narrow windows Small window panes Massive chimneys, often topped with decorative chimney pots 1890 - 1940

  3. Spanish Spanish inspired houses usually have these features: Low-pitched roof Red roof tiles Little or no overhanging eaves Stucco siding Arches, especially above doors, porch entries and main windows

  4. Cape Cod Large central chimney linked to fireplace in each room Symmetrical appearance with door in center Small roof overhang 1 or 1½ stories Little exterior ornamentation

  5. Ranch Single story Low pitched gable roof Deep-set eaves Horizontal, rambling layout: Long, narrow, and low to the ground Rectangular, L-shaped, or U-shaped design Simple floor plans Emphasis on openness (few interior walls) and efficient use of space

  6. Southern Colonial Two story Lots of windows Shutters Piers that go from ground to roof Chimney often on each end

  7. Garrison Colonial Top floor overhangs the bottom floor.

  8. Eclectic House Style Mixes vavious architectural styles. A house that is “very different”. Doesn’t fit any “one” style.

  9. Bungalow Deep set in covered porches Columns from roof to a porch base

  10. Victorian Very ornate house style Often features gingerbread trim Towers and turrets Large porches Lots of roof styles

  11. Gothic Pointed roof lines Pointed windows Variation of Victorian

  12. Greek Revival

  13. French Metal or Iron Railings on Porches Often Two Story

  14. German

  15. Salt Box Steep sloping roof makes this house a 1 ½ story.

  16. Dutch Gambrel roof line Dormer Windows Often double front doors.

  17. French Provinicial Symmetrical windows and chimneys Balustrides or railings around top windows Curved arches above doors and windows Hip roofline

  18. Italian Tall narrow windows Elaborate window top designs Roof supports

  19. Gothic Revival Gothic style windows Pointed arches Gingerbread trim Wooden detailing around doors and windows

  20. Shed Roof • Shed Style  • Roof pitch from front to rear • Higher portion of roof at front of building

  21. Gable

  22. Flat

  23. Mansard

  24. Gambrel

  25. Hip

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