19th Century Red Roof Cottage

The 4 500 square foot house evokes a fairy tale cottage with its spruce shingle roof wood porch and cozy garden.

19th century red roof cottage.

Roof construction varies through the island with full gabled walls in the north west and western region in the midlands barge gables are common. On the front is a french casement window a semicircular bay window with a central gablet and a trellised verandah. Swiss cottages were popular in 19th century england. Brightly painted scroll sawn balusters red cornice trim and a braced roof with half circle shingles give this porch the festive look of a pavilion.

The style here had brief periods of popularity during the 1850s later in the victorian era related to the stick style and during the bungalow years of the early 20th century. Its asymmetrical gabled form takes cues from the original cottage and an existing barn. With its scroll sawn brackets and balustrade and abundance of lacy trim the balcony of this mansard roof cottage recalls the romance of an alpine chalet. The new house is clad with red painted reversed board and batten and features a roof of pantile or fired clay tiles.

This pale yellow early 19th century stucco cottage which overlooks barnes pond was originally built for the village schoolmaster. There is a single storey an l shaped plan and a three bay front. It has a high vaulted timber ceiling with exposed roof beams a wide open plan living room dining. Slate continued to be used well into the 20th century notably on many tudor revival style buildings of the 1920s.

The red house with white trim around the doors and the windows is the most traditional color scheme in sweden söderberg explains. It is particularly associated with cincinnati and seaside resorts in new jersey. Built from brick and wood in the mid 19th century on 1 7 acres it has been. Because slate was available in different colors red green purple and blue gray it was an effective material for decorative patterns on many 19th century roofs gothic and mansard styles.

Gingerbread trim photo by nancy andrews. Red tin roof and old stone shed with barges. Behind the 18th century cottages and on forge lane are the conjoined forge house probably 17th century and forge cottage 18th century. Also in the midlands and towards the east and southern regions hipped and half hipped roofs are quite popular.

Both are of a brick wall ground floor with overlapping red tile facing above the house also with a hipped roof.