Victorian Roof Barge

These three features can be found at the edge of the roof in particular where the top of the exterior wall meets the roof.

Victorian roof barge.

Failure is usually due to the nail fixings becoming corroded causing the slates to slip although with age slates can eventually start to absorb water and become soft. Victorian and edwardian houses with gambrel roofs by sarah e. These include stained glass panes in the windows ornamented ridge tiles on the roof shapely wooden barge boards beside the roof and the odd finial. Jul 16 2016 explore bob warner s board barge boards on pinterest.

The gambrel roof had generally fallen out of favor in home construction in the early 1800 s and in the 1850 s calvert vaux would offer a plan to turn the old fashioned gambrel roof shape into a modern hipped roof with barge boards see victorian roof and gable shapes bottom of page. Bargeboard is exterior house trim usually ornately carved that is attached along the roof line of a gable. Originally this victorian wood trim also called vergeboard or verge board verge being the end or edge of a thing was used to hide the ends of rafters it hangs from the projecting end of a gable roof. These ornate barge boards indicate a victorian.

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