Are you a roofer? Question...

[larjoranj]

It's common in houses these days to have a small, decorative piece of shingled roof at the bottom corners of a gable roof - like the house below. Is there a term for this feature? I have a red arrow pointing to it

 

[VolNExile]

It's common in houses these days to have a small, decorative piece of shingled roof at the bottom corners of a gable roof - like the house below. Is there a term for this feature? I have a red arrow pointing to it

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“Useless silliness”? Do the almost-flush columns actually need that? And the pyramidal shape just looks bizarre (to me) tucked under steep front-facing gables. If the columns need protection above, make it little gables, same slope as the rest of the roof.

Of course, I think residential architecture went mostly to heck after the 1920’s, so mebbe I’m a bit biased.

I love this blog: McMansion Hell

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

It's common in houses these days to have a small, decorative piece of shingled roof at the bottom corners of a gable roof - like the house below. Is there a term for this feature? I have a red arrow pointing to it

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Most call them eyebrows.

 

[malinoisvol]

It's common in houses these days to have a small, decorative piece of shingled roof at the bottom corners of a gable roof - like the house below. Is there a term for this feature? I have a red arrow pointing to it

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I believe it's called a cornice.

@Orangeslice13

 

[larjoranj]

Thanks to @Ernest T. Vol and @malinoisvol . I looked up eyebrow and cornice. It seems the 3 most popular terms are cornice return, eave return and eyebrow return. With the word return common to all 3.

 

[Orangeslice13]

I prefer “birds nest” because that’s what usually ends up there

 

[VolNExile]

Thanks to @Ernest T. Vol and @malinoisvol . I looked up eyebrow and cornice. It seems the 3 most popular terms are cornice return, eave return and eyebrow return. With the word return common to all 3.

No Google hits on “useless” and “silliness”? I am crushed!

 

[LouderVol]

I prefer “birds nest” because that’s what usually ends up there

Yeah we usually call them bird boxes.