Shingle Style.................... Illustrated
Architecture Dictionary
Shingle
Definition: A roofing unit of wood, asphaltic material, slate, tile, concrete, asbestos cement, or other material cut to stock lengths, widths, and thickness; used as an exterior covering on sloping roofs and side walls; applied in an overlapping fashion
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Slate roof - Clement House/Red Cross Building |
Two wooden shingle shapes: octagonal and square - Roos House |
Weathered square cedar shingles |
Fancy cedar shingles - Shakertown
See similar drawings: Lakeside
Lumber .......... WoodRoof.com
Chisel
Diamond
Fishscale
Octagon
Sawtooth
Square butt
Drawings courtesy of
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Historic Landmarks Commission
Examples from Buffalo:
- Slate roof - Georgia Forman House
- Slate roof - Clement House/Red Cross Building
- Slate roof - John W. Cowper House
- Slate roof - George F. Rand House / Canisius High School
- Slate roof - Malcolm J. McNiven House
- Slate roof - Gazel Surdam House, 464 Linwood Ave.
- Photo: Wooden shingles - 216 Lancaster
- Wooden shingles: Hedstrom Gate House
- Wooden shingles: Shingle Style
- Wooden shingles: Queen Anne style
- Sawtooth shape: Henry Hellriegel House, 1 North Pearl Street
- Sawtooth shape: 120 North Pearl Street
Other examples:
- Terra cotta roof - Basilica of San Lorenzo , Florence, Italy
- Municipal House, Prague, Czech Republic
- Photo: Diamond shape roof shingles - Zakopane, Poland
