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Identifying feature

Shingle siding

Wood shingles, small overlapping pieces of split or sawn wood, covering the outer walls as well as the roof. It defines the Shingle Style, especially on New England coastal houses.

a sign of these styles

Red House, Bexleyheath, England: an example of Arts and Crafts Arts and Crafts c. 1880–1920 Handcraft against the machine: visible joinery, natural wood and stone, and homes rooted in their gardens. Dyckman Farmhouse, New York: an example of Dutch Colonial Dutch Colonial c. 1700–1940 A barn-profile gambrel roof, often flared at the eaves, sometimes with a split Dutch door. Isaac Bell House, Newport, Rhode Island: an example of Shingle Style Shingle Style c. 1880–1900 One continuous skin of wood shingles stretched over sweeping roofs, porches, and towers, with almost no trim.

also seen on

A-FrameAlpine VernacularCape CodCraftsman / BungalowNational RomanticismQueen AnneRustic (Parkitecture)SaltboxScandinavian Vernacular

often seen with

Steep gable The triangular upper part of an end wall, framed by the two slopes of a steep roof. Prominent chimney A large chimney built on an exterior wall, often of patterned brick or grouped into clusters of stacks… Clapboard siding Long, narrow horizontal wooden boards called clapboards, each overlapping the one below, nailed over a wood… Deep eave overhang Roof edges, called eaves, that extend well beyond the walls. Knee brace A short diagonal support, usually wood, fixed between a wall and the underside of a roof overhang. Log construction Walls of whole logs stacked horizontally, with notches cut near the ends so the logs interlock at the corners. Dormer A window in a small roofed structure projecting from a sloping roof. Exposed rafter tails The ends of the rafters, the sloping beams that support a roof, left visible under the roof edge instead of…