Greek Return Roof

There is an overhang of 18 at eaves and rake.

Greek return roof.

γεῖσον often interchangeable with cornice the part of the entablature that projects outward from the top of the frieze in the doric order and from the top of the frieze course of the ionic and corinthian orders. The former includes a sloped hip shape on the inside of the cornice under the eaves which is sheathed or shingled like the rest of the roof above it and is considered very attractive. I m working on a new house that is to have boxed greek cornice returns at each corner of the 6 12 gable roof. Both designs start with structural support and then the process varies slightly for a shed capped cornice return vs.

A common roof structure is made of trusses or rafters. The latter is a simple return. This is a decorative element of the greek revival style however they may not be shingled just trim. The pork chop return may be easy to build but it s clunky out of proportion and shouts cookie cutter.

There s a better way and architect don powers shows three alternatives. A classical eave return is based on a pediment like this example. This excerpt from john carroll s the complete visual guide to building a house the taunton press 2014 uses a series of illustrations to detail the process of framing a cornice return with two different styles of roof. Most greek revival buildings have substantial cornices that extended into gable ends as returns.

A roof edge that makes an acute inward turn for a short distance on the gable end of a building. The return box measures 36 x24 so that 18 is towards the facia and 18 is against the side wall. It forms the outer edge of the roof on the sides of a structure with a sloped roof. This structure supports all roof sheathing materials such as plywood sheathing underlayment and of course shingles.

The cyma portion of the horizontal crown miters into the raking cyma while the cove. The two most common types of cornice return are the greek return and the soffit return also called a boxed or box soffit return. The greek revival roof return s tyle emulated the temple forms of ancient greece resulting in the creation of straightforward box like buildings we see in historic towns of america. Therefore they cannot create overhangs or.