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What is this type of roof known as?
Counting_Pennies_2
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Does anyone know the right terminology for this type of roof? It is a partial roof that can then either be flat in the middle or have a lantern roof light as in the picture above.
I am trying to find other examples of it on the internet, but not sure what the name of the roof type is to get more info.
Thanks
(PS apologies for the link to an actual site, I tried to cut and paste the picture in, but got an MSE error to say it took up too many characters!)
http://www.obcbuilding.co.uk/portfolio/an-extension-to-a-victorian-home/
I am trying to find other examples of it on the internet, but not sure what the name of the roof type is to get more info.
Thanks
(PS apologies for the link to an actual site, I tried to cut and paste the picture in, but got an MSE error to say it took up too many characters!)
http://www.obcbuilding.co.uk/portfolio/an-extension-to-a-victorian-home/
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Its a hip roof with a lantern on the top.
It doesn't have a specific name as such. You could have a hip roof with a Bell Tower on the ridge (top of the roof) if you wanted one...:D
Some chippies will also call it a flat roof with hips.........
Juts to add: Different types of roof include Pent,Gable,Hip,Mansard,Gambrel,Sussex Barn Hip, etc.0 -
TBH, I think I'd call it "hideously naff", but...0 -
I think that looks nice, and to give all that light into the room is a great idea.Liverpool is one of the wonders of Britain,
What it may grow to in time, I know not what.
Daniel Defoe: 1725.
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Teapot roof?
Changing the world, one sarcastic comment at a time.0 -
TBH, I think I'd call it "hideously naff", but...
Thank you for finding a way to put the picture on.
Sorry if you feel it is naff. I need to have a roof on an extension that doesn't touch the windows. I don't want a flat roof as I feel they are cheap and ugly looking, and felt this was a good compromise. Not sure about the lantern in the middle though0 -
That was the bit I was specifically referring to. The rest is just, well, a "roof".Counting_Pennies wrote: »Not sure about the lantern in the middle though0
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