Definitions

1. Mansard: A four-sided, steep-sloped roof.
2. A Mansard is a steeply sloped roof which allows for more usable room in an attic story.
3. A mansard is not correct.

Roof

1. Mansard: roof with a double slope, the lower slope being larger and steeper than the upper.
2. Curb Roof: A roof with an upper and lower set of rafters on each side, the under-set being less inclined to the horizon than the upper; a mansard roof.
3. A mansard roof has two slopes on each of the four sides.
4. Highly symmetrical, rectangular structures based on the classical orders Projecting central sections topped by triangular pediments Mansard roofs.
5. The slope of a mansard roof from eaves to ridge is broken into two portions.

Mansard Roof

1. The main section has a gable roof with two gabled projections while a mansard roof tops the addition.
2. The mansard roof is trimmed by a bracketed entablature, and broken by an ornate central gable dormer with a replacement single light.
3. F. Mansard roof has a double slope on all four sides, the lower slope being longer and steeper than the upper.
4. MANSARD ROOF: A roof with two slopes on each side, with the lower slope being nearly vertical and the upper nearly horizontal.
5. MANSARD ROOF - A roof which rises by inclined planes from all four sides of a building.

Steeply

1. But the Parisian architect is chiefly remembered for his steeply sloping namesake, "mansard" roofs.
2. Often the decorative potential of the Mansard is exploited through the use of convex or concave curvature and with elaborate dormer window surrounds.
3. Stylistic features that characterize French Eclectic architecture include stucco or brick masonry walls and tall steeply pitched hipped or mansard roofs.
4. This T-shaped, 2.5 story house is covered with wood shingles and a mansard with a steeply pitched slope.

Porch

1. Description: Mansard with a two-story projection in front (1869).
2. Description: Two mansard roofs, with a denticled cornice.
3. The slate mansard roof has two pedimented dormers and the cornice displays large, paired brackets.
4. The 1-story + mansard wing is fronted at the left by a porch similar to that of the main block, and has a sealed carriage bay at the right.
5. The original slate shingles have been removed from the mansard, and a small addition is attached to the rear.

Dormer

1. On occasions very similar, if not identical, designs to these Italianate villas would be topped by mansard roofs, and then termed chateauesque.
2. The Place d'Armes was fenced and landscaped, and the Cabildo was crowned with a third story and a mansard roof.
3. A dormer is a structure built upon a sloping roof or mansard to provide a window into the attic story.
4. A web site dedicated to the architecture of the Victorian Mansard.
5. Mansard roofs have dormers in them so that a usable third floor is created as opposed to an attic.

Windows

1. The Mansard style architecture of the premises boasts magnificent views of Trinity harbour from dormer and bay windows.
2. Description: Mansard roof with dormer windows (1869).

Style

1. Roof Types - Style and shape of roofs - gable, gambrel, hip, mansard, shed, flat, butterfly, salt-box.
2. Deriving its name from the French Second Empire, this style is set apart by the use of the mansard roof.
3. In the Second Empire style, the Mansard roof was typically used to top a tower element, rather than across the full width of the building.
4. The house at 4160 Grove Street makes a slight reference to the Second Empire style with its steeply pitched mansard roof.

Paris

1. A revival of the Mansard occurred in the 1850s rebuilding of Paris.
2. The mansard roof, built throughout Paris during the mid-19th century, is designed with a steep double pitch to allow for an extra full floor of living area.

Steeply Sloped

1. Mansard roof - a very steeply sloped, straight or concave roof that frequently is pierced with projecting dormer windows and sometimes with towers.

Shingle

1. For high wind areas or when shingles are being applied to a mansard, six nails per shingle are required (480 nails per square).

Perimeter

1. Mansard: (1) A steep-sloped roof located at the perimeter of a building and usually used for decorative purposes.

Eaves

1. Mansard: A roof built at two pitches, the steeper pitch commencing at the eaves and the flatter pitch finishing at the ridge.

Gable

1. One side of a gable, hip or mansard roof.

Slope

1. Mansard roof: A design with a nearly vertical roof plane connected to a roof plane of less slope at its peak.
2. The slope of a mansard roof from eaves to ridge is broken into two portions.

Four Sides

1. Mansard. Nearly flat on top, a mansard roof slopes almost vertically down on all four sides.
2. Mansard Roof A roof with two slopes or pitches on each of the four sides, the lower slopes steeper than the upper.
3. Mansard roof: A type of roof containing two sloping planes of different pitch on each of four sides.

Mansard Roofs

1. The building is in the Queen Anne style with mansard roofs, widow's walks, dormers, and a clock tower.
2. Spires and the steep slopes of Mansard roofs often retain their original slate long after other portions of the roof have been replaced.
3. Galvanized roofing nails should be used: four per shingle on typical installations, six per shingle on mansard roofs.

Mansard

1. Mansard - A roof design with a nearly vertical roof plane that ties into a roof plane of less slope at its peak.
2. Mansard: A type of roof on which there are two slopes on each side, with the lower slope much steeper than the upper one.
3. Roof Types - Style and shape of roofs - gable, gambrel, hip, mansard, shed, flat, butterfly, salt-box.

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3. Mansard > Roof Plane
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