19th Century Red Roof Cottage

Built from brick and wood in the mid 19th century on 1 7 acres it has been.

19th century red roof cottage.

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. Bumblebee cottage is a wide single storey whitewashed cottage built in the late 19th century. Both are of a brick wall ground floor with overlapping red tile facing above the house also with a hipped roof. The 4 500 square foot house evokes a fairy tale cottage with its spruce shingle roof wood porch and cozy garden.

It is particularly associated with cincinnati and seaside resorts in new jersey. This pale yellow early 19th century stucco cottage which overlooks barnes pond was originally built for the village schoolmaster. Also in the midlands and towards the east and southern regions hipped and half hipped roofs are quite popular. Located in the borough of richmond upon thames the district of barnes has many 18th and 19th century homes and buildings.

On the front is a french casement window a semicircular bay window with a central gablet and a trellised verandah. Its asymmetrical gabled form takes cues from the original cottage and an existing barn. It has a high vaulted timber ceiling with exposed roof beams a wide open plan living room dining. Behind the 18th century cottages and on forge lane are the conjoined forge house probably 17th century and forge cottage 18th century.

Swiss cottages were popular in 19th century england. 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. The new house is clad with red painted reversed board and batten and features a roof of pantile or fired clay tiles. Slate continued to be used well into the 20th century notably on many tudor revival style buildings of the 1920s.

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. A cottage orné it is in red brick and stone and has a tile roof hipped at the front and gabled at the rear. Gingerbread trim photo by nancy andrews. Red tin roof and old stone shed with barges.

Roof construction varies through the island with full gabled walls in the north west and western region in the midlands barge gables are common.