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.
Gothic revival mansard roof style.
Adrian has two distinctly different types of gothic revival style homes.
A mansard roof is a hipped roof with two slopes the lower being very steeply pitched and the upper being almost flat.
Houses in a variety of styles were given the characteristic second empire feature.
1 1840 1880 2 common forms are side gabled with prominent central cross gable and asymmetrical l shaped plan steeply pitched roofs usually with steep cross gables and deeply overhanging eaves gables commonly decorated with barge boards or verge boards particularly in carpenter gothic examples 3 open cornices and exposed.
Trendy and practical mansard roofs were placed atop otherwise modest structures.
As a result second empire homes in the united states are often composites of italianate gothic revival and other styles.