You can consider gambrel roof to be a modified version of a gable roof.
French house with mansard roof.
The steep roof with windows creates an additional floor of habitable space a garret and reduces the overall height of the roof for a given number of habitable stories.
This style of roof or curb roof includes a four sided hip roof style with two distinct slopes.
The sketches also outline the grounds immediately surrounding.
French house plans with mansard roof this architectural style originated in france and was popular during the late 19th century.
These second empire french house plans from 1878 were designed for a cottage with a mansard or french roof.
This 1870s house in rhinebeck new york has traditional second empire features with distinctive window ornaments and lintels.
When napoleon iii ruled france 1852 to 1870 paris became a city of grand boulevards and monumental buildings.
If you are not familiar with a gambrel roof then let us first explain its architecture in brief.
Mansard roof are otherwise known as french roof designs.
A century later the french architect françois mansart 1598 1666 used double sloped roofs so extensively that they were coined mansard a derivation of mansart s name.
The emblem of the style is the distinctive mansard roof a device attributed to the 17th century french architect francois mansart 1598 1666.