Jerkinhead Roof Bungalow

Instead of rising to a point the gable is clipped short and appears to turn downwards.

Jerkinhead roof bungalow. In this profile we provide images a summary of the pros and cons a history and pricing information. These names all attempt to describe the roof as a. Though this word has uncertain origins the oed explains that it could have been a variation of kirkin head in which we find kirk an old scots variation of the word church. The end of a roof that is hipped sloped for only part of its height leaving a truncated gable.

Perhaps sloped gables first. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. A jerkinhead roof may also be called a jerkin head roof a half hipped roof a clipped gable or even a jerkinhead gable. A hip roof hip roof or hipped roof is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls usually with a fairly gentle slope although a tented roof by definition is a hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak.

A jerkinhead roof may also be called a. Thus a hipped roof house has no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. Feb 7 2014 a jerkinhead roof has a hipped gable. Jerkinhead roofs are sometimes found on american bungalows and cottages small american houses from the 1920s and 1930s and assorted victorian house styles.