Queen Anne Mansurd Roof

And the queen anne turret on the other corner of the mane facade.

Queen anne mansurd roof.

Such a house is still a queen anne not a second empire. The house should have a french hip roof rather than a mansard roof but it can still be flat topped. The most common victorian styles are second empire queen anne and shingle. The tall second empire style tower should face the corner.

The mansard roof is also found atop richardson romanesque and beaux arts buildings and it is often used as an accent feature in queen anne or stick style houses where a gabled roof may be accompanied by a mansard roofed tower. In the same way many stick style houses have mansard roofs but they are not second empire because it is the stick style features that dominate the design. It features tow pitches one a shallow pitch atop a steeper slope. And have the iron trim as a mansard roof would have.

Following the philadelphia exposition of 1876 and publication of mail order architectural plan books the victorian queen anne style 1880 1910 spread across the country. A mansard roof in opposition to a salt box offers the utility of a full half room on the upper floor rather than an attic. You might for example have a queen anne house with a gabled main roof and a mansard roofed tower. A staple of queen anne victorian architecture these conical towers were topped with dunce cap roofs that are too steep to be walked on.