Old Barn Roof Types

The first great barns built in this country were those of the dutchsettlers of the hudson mohawk and schoharie valleys in new york stateand scattered sections of new jersey 2 on the exterior the most notablefeature of the dutch barn is the broad gable roof which in early examples now extremely rare.

Old barn roof types.

Hip roofs like gable roofs can be with almost any type of roofing material such as shingles metal or tiles. Timber frame barns mortise and tenon barns are both described on post beam barns page since they are both considered to be post beam barns. Types of hip roofs. Most common roof types used on barns are gable gambrel shed salt box roofs but other styles such as hip roof round roof etc.

1677 78 peter tufts house. Later farms came to specialize in certain crops and barns became specialized as well dairy fruit grains tobacco poultry etc. Barn styles generally are named for their rooflines and it s most often a specific roofline that speaks to our customers and determines the type of barn they build. It has a polygon on two sides and a triangle on two sides.

The most common type of a hip roof. Also different architectural styles will use the same type of roof. The gable roof on dutch and prairie barns the cone shaped dome shaped eight or twelve sided roof of round barns and the gambrel roof of the typical barn are among the most prominent features on these buildings. What we think of as a classic barn with the gambrel roof is a dairy barn but there were smaller barnlike structures for different types of animals or different kinds of crops.

Big timber can construct your barn in any of the styles below or even a combination of styles. Intricate roofs have many parts that incorporate several of the basic roof designs such as a gable roof sitting atop a gambrel or variations of the gable valley roof design using one or a variety of different types of roof trusses also see our very detailed diagrams showing the different parts of a roof truss. A barn roof can often be seen from a distance and for this reason must be considered a major feature. Barns are no exception.

Styles that simply have different barn shape round octagon hexagon pentagon you name it we are not going to cover here. The sides come together at the top to form a simple ridge. With a gambrel roof is the c. Historic barn types dutch barns.

Are also used but not as often. Claims to the origin of the gambrel roof form in north america include. Possibly the oldest surviving house in the u s. The oldest surviving framed house in north america the fairbanks house has an ell with a gambrel roof but this roof was a later addition.