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Traditional House Exterior with a Mansard Roof Ideas and Designs

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Georgian House Renovation and Extension
Georgian House Renovation and Extension
HollandGreen Architecture, Interiors & LandscapesHollandGreen Architecture, Interiors & Landscapes
We were challenged to restore and breathe new life into a beautiful but neglected Grade II* listed home. The sympathetic renovation saw the introduction of two new bathrooms, a larger kitchen extension and new roof. We also restored neglected but beautiful heritage features, such as the 300-year-old windows and historic joinery and plasterwork.
Green Tea
Green Tea
SV DesignSV Design
Located within a gated golf course community on the shoreline of Buzzards Bay this residence is a graceful and refined Gambrel style home. The traditional lines blend quietly into the surroundings. Photo Credit: Eric Roth
Dover Shingle House
Dover Shingle House
Chace ArchitectureChace Architecture
Gey classic two floor detached house in Boston with a mansard roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shingles.
Chimney Hill Residence | West Chester, PA
Chimney Hill Residence | West Chester, PA
Period Architecture Ltd.Period Architecture Ltd.
Angle Eye Photography
This is an example of a large and white classic two floor detached house in Philadelphia with concrete fibreboard cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Neo-Colonial
Neo-Colonial
Rob Bramhall ArchitectsRob Bramhall Architects
Alex Vertikoff
Design ideas for a large and white traditional two floor house exterior in Boston with wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Contemporary Rustic - Home
Contemporary Rustic - Home
Alair Homes Green BayAlair Homes Green Bay
Craftsman exterior with tan lineals and columns. Certainteed Thistle Green Siding. Pella windows.
Inspiration for a large and green traditional bungalow house exterior in Other with mixed cladding and a mansard roof.
Friendly Cottage
Friendly Cottage
Oceanside Builders, LLC.Oceanside Builders, LLC.
This is an example of a large and blue classic two floor house exterior in Portland Maine with wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Chastain Park
Chastain Park
Hask Custom HomesHask Custom Homes
Gey and large traditional house exterior in Atlanta with three floors, wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Seaside Escape
Seaside Escape
OLSON LEWIS + ArchitectsOLSON LEWIS + Architects
Contractor: Anderson Contracting Services, Carl Anderson Principal Consultants: Structural Engineers - Foley Buhl Roberts & Associates, Inc. Photographer: Dan Gair/Blind Dog Photo, Inc. & Greg Premru Photography This gambrel home takes full advantage of its rugged costal heights, embracing intoxicating ocean views from both wings of the house. Gracious interiors include a balance of formal living spaces, casual family quarters and private domains. Romantic details such as a tower with a curving staircase and wall of windows give it distinct personality. Architects transformed the site’s topography, providing vehicular access and building a 30-foot stone retaining wall to level the site. The change in landscape was sensitively integrated into the existing terrain through use of native materials and color. Reminiscent of estate architecture, the team created connections between the elegant seaside dwelling and its outbuildings, such as the carriage house and beach house.
House at Cabot's Corner
House at Cabot's Corner
Polhemus Savery DaSilvaPolhemus Savery DaSilva
Photo of a large and gey classic two floor detached house in Boston with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Custom Homes
Custom Homes
PohligPohlig
Photo of a large traditional house exterior in Philadelphia with three floors and a mansard roof.
Avalon Residence
Avalon Residence
Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.
Photographer: Tom Crane Photography
Gey classic house exterior in Philadelphia with a mansard roof, three floors and wood cladding.
Queen Anne Gambrel
Queen Anne Gambrel
Board & VellumBoard & Vellum
Photo by Andrew Giammarco.
Photo of a large and blue traditional two floor detached house in Seattle with wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Seydel Construction Group LLC Project
Seydel Construction Group LLC Project
Seydel Construction Group LLCSeydel Construction Group LLC
Photo of a white classic detached house in Philadelphia with three floors, a mansard roof, a shingle roof and a brown roof.
Historic Annapolis Renovation
Historic Annapolis Renovation
Wiedemann Architects LLCWiedemann Architects LLC
Inspiration for a medium sized and blue classic render detached house in DC Metro with four floors, a mansard roof and a grey roof.
Shingle Style Home: Porte Cochere, Inside
Shingle Style Home: Porte Cochere, Inside
Berardi Building CompanyBerardi Building Company
A view of the front through the charming porte cochere.
Design ideas for a beige traditional two floor detached house in New York with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Shingle Style Home: Porte Cochere, Front
Shingle Style Home: Porte Cochere, Front
Berardi Building CompanyBerardi Building Company
This home features numerous special touches, such as the domed roof, copper dormers, porte cochere, and unique windows.
Inspiration for a beige classic two floor detached house in New York with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Painted Brick Exterior BEFORE
Painted Brick Exterior BEFORE
Color Revival By Rebecca DumasColor Revival By Rebecca Dumas
Design ideas for a large and red traditional brick detached house in Atlanta with three floors, a mansard roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and shiplap cladding.
Doors
Doors
Windows By TollWindows By Toll
Design ideas for a large and gey traditional two floor detached house in New York with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Exteriors
Exteriors
Trusty Real Estate PhotographyTrusty Real Estate Photography
Photo of a yellow traditional two floor detached house in Portland with a mansard roof and a shingle roof.

Traditional House Exterior with a Mansard Roof Ideas and Designs

With so much attention devoted to interior design, the exterior of a home can often get overlooked, but as the first thing that welcomes both us and our guests, it is worth devoting some time tending to the outside of your house. Furthermore, focusing on the traditional kerb appeal of your home can add significant value if and when it comes time to sell up. Georgian, Edwardian and Victorian homes, with their bay windows and elegant plasterwork, often benefit from built in architecture advantages, but even if your house design is unassuming from the outside, small decorative and structural improvements to the traditional exterior of your home can equal huge impact. Key areas of building design to focus on are the front door, the driveway or approach to your home, the porch area, the windows, the facade and the roof. And just a note of caution... before any significant traditional exterior architecture gets under way, check first whether you need planning permission for your exterior house designs– this applies particularly to listed houses or buildings in a conservation area, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. Take a look through the house designs, exterior architecture and images of front doors and driveways on Houzz to inspire your facade or building design, or read on for a few more pointers when it comes to redesigning your exterior.

How do I give my home an exterior facelift?

You may feel like your home’s exterior architecture is unalterable but there are a wide range of options available to improve its external building design, no matter what raw materials you begin with. Begin with the front door and the pathway or driveway that lead up to your home as these are easy to improve without huge budgets. A driveway or pathway must be kept neat and tidy and you can consider replacing tarmac with attractive tiles or gravel. Repainting or replacing the fence, wall or gate that fronts your home can also offer an overnight transformation without breaking the bank. An area to not cut corners however is the front door, where spending a little extra can make a huge difference in quality, and painting it in a colour you love will pay you back every time it welcomes you home! Updating your windows can be a significant building design project but it is one that has benefits both inside and out, as well as potentially saving you money on energy later. If you are lucky enough to have period windows such as bay windows with sash or leaded windows, then maintaining them should be a top priority, but if they are beyond repair then there are plenty of window professionals that will offer modern, double or triple glazed equivalents that could still work in your bay window. Working with uPVC? Not a problem – the best improvement you can make is to ensure your windows are the right size and shape for your home's overall proportions.

How do I update my home’s facade?

When it comes to updating the facade of your home, painting is the quickest and most affordable way to achieve a traditional makeover, and if you opt for a colour other than white it can really make a statement (although sticking within the palette of your road and local area is advisable). A makeover that requires a bit more patience but can add romance and character to the most mundane of homes is to adorn the walls with climbing plants – delicate trailing wisteria is ever a British favourite, whilst roses and jasmine offer fragrance as well as beauty. If you’re looking to make more significant changes to the exterior of your home, whether that is adding timber cladding, hanging tiles, installing a bay window or rendering, then you should first check whether your house designs require planning permission. A New England style wood boarded home is beautiful and bright, but remember that it will need frequent repainting if it is going to stay looking its best, whilst stucco render or Tyrolean render can tidy up a home's exterior but think carefully before covering over original brickwork.

What should I consider if building a home from scratch?

If you’re working with an architect on a brand new build, the options are endless when it comes to deciding on the exterior architecture. But first things first, you will need to check planning permissions, building regulations and local restrictions, such as being in a conservation area, to make sure your plans for your exterior house designs will meet stipulations. If you are building in a street with predominantly Victorian facades, with bay windows and side returns, you might need to ensure your house designs fit in with the rest of the homes on the street, but if you’re building in a more remote area you’ll probably have more freedom for your building design. There are many architectural decisions to make, do you want a flat, gabled, hipped, mansard or perhaps even a curved roof? Do you want bay windows? Crittall windows? Perhaps external shutters? Do you want glass walls? Do you want wood cladding? Do you want a very symmetrical building design or something more contemporary? The decision is all yours but remember to consider the benefits of various materials over others and the effects that some architecture styles will have on everyday life, for example glass walls will look attractive but will give you less privacy. Your architect or builder will be able to guide you through the best traditional exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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