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Hipped Roof
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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The name given in architecture to a roof which slopes down on all four sides instead of terminating on two sides against a vertical gable. Sometimes a compromise is made between the two, half the roof being hipped and half resting on the vertical wall; this gives much more room inside the roof, and externally a most picturesque effect, which is one of the great attractions of domestic architecture in the south of England, and is rarely found in other countries.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Hipped Roof'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/h/hipped-roof.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Hipped Roof'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/h/hipped-roof.html. 1910.
