19th Century Red Roof Cottage

Red tin roof and old stone shed with barges.

19th century red roof cottage.

Also in the midlands and towards the east and southern regions hipped and half hipped roofs are quite popular. This pale yellow early 19th century stucco cottage which overlooks barnes pond was originally built for the village schoolmaster. Both are of a brick wall ground floor with overlapping red tile facing above the house also with a hipped roof. Located in the borough of richmond upon thames the district of barnes has many 18th and 19th century homes and buildings.

Brightly painted scroll sawn balusters red cornice trim and a braced roof with half circle shingles give this porch the festive look of a pavilion. 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. Swiss cottages were popular in 19th century england. Slate continued to be used well into the 20th century notably on many tudor revival style buildings of the 1920s.

On the front is a french casement window a semicircular bay window with a central gablet and a trellised verandah. A cottage orné it is in red brick and stone and has a tile roof hipped at the front and gabled at the rear. It has a high vaulted timber ceiling with exposed roof beams a wide open plan living room dining. There is a single storey an l shaped plan and a three bay front.

Gingerbread trim photo by nancy andrews. The new house is clad with red painted reversed board and batten and features a roof of pantile or fired clay tiles. 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. 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. Bumblebee cottage is a wide single storey whitewashed cottage built in the late 19th century. Built from brick and wood in the mid 19th century on 1 7 acres it has been. Its asymmetrical gabled form takes cues from the original cottage and an existing barn.

Behind the 18th century cottages and on forge lane are the conjoined forge house probably 17th century and forge cottage 18th century.