A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 223
acter of its design as a work of architecture.Roofs are distinguished : (1) By their formand method of construction ; as, the Hat roof,characteristic of dry tropical countries, and muchused in modern commercial buildings in theUnited States; the slojung roof, including gabled,hipped, penthouse,… … If,. IM Rood Loft: Ll.vnegrynn, Merionethshire, i . ijOO. s (rood) is no longer in place ; perhaps removed during the Purit.in supremacy. In carpentry, the term refers to the timberframework by which the external surface issupported. This, in sloping roofs, consistsusually of a series of pairs of…
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