Victorian Roof Barge

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.

Victorian roof barge.

These ornate barge boards indicate a victorian. See more ideas about barge house trim gable trim. Jul 16 2016 explore bob warner s board barge boards on pinterest. These three features can be found at the edge of the roof in particular where the top of the exterior wall meets the roof.

Guide to fascias soffits barge boards. Victorian and edwardian houses with gambrel roofs by sarah e. 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 include stained glass panes in the windows ornamented ridge tiles on the roof shapely wooden barge boards beside the roof and the odd finial.

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.