Mansard Slate Roof

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Mansard slate roof. A type of roof with four sides that each have two slopes the lower one steeper than the upper. Maximizes interior attic space. The steep roof with windows creates an additional floor of habitable space a garret and reduces the overall height of the roof for a given number of. A history lesson on mansard roofs.
Download this free 2d cad block of a slate roof mansard detail including annotations and dimensions. Straight mansard slate roof. That honor would have to go to pierre lescot 1510 1578 who used this roofing style on a part of the louvre museum in the year 1550. This autocad drawing can be used in your roof detail cad drawings.
Although the creation of the mansard roof is accredited to françois mansart 1598 1666 he was not the first to implement this roof architecture. Slate laid in multicolored decorative patterns was particularly well suited to the mansard roofs of the second empire style the steeply pitch roofs of the gothic revival and high victorian gothic styles and the many prominent roof planes and turrets associated with the queen anne style. Five advantages of a mansard slate roof. Use of dormer windows allows more natural light inside.