Hip roof

A hip roof, hip-roof[1] or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downward to the walls — thus, a hipped roof has no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. Variants of hipped roofs include the Simple Hip Roof (most common, four slopes meeting at a central ridge), Pyramid Hip Roof (a square base where all four triangular sides meet at a single peak), Cross Hip Roof (with multiple intersecting ridges for L- or T-shaped buildings), and Half Hip Roof (where gable ends are partially "clipped" with a small hip section). Other variations include the Dutch Gable Roof (a gable section on top of a hip roof), the Mansard Roof (a hip roof with two different pitches on each side), and the Hip-and-Valley Roof (often a blend for complex structures).

A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on houses may have two triangular sides and two trapezoidal ones. A hip roof on a rectangular plan has four faces. They are almost always at the same pitch or slope, which makes them symmetrical about the centerlines. Hip roofs often have a consistent level fascia, meaning that a gutter can be fitted all around. Hip roofs often have dormer slanted sides.

  1. ^ Curl, James Stevens (2006). Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 2nd ed., OUP, Oxford and New York, p. 364. ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9.
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