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Five principal subtypes can be distinguished:
• Side-gabled roof: about 40 percent of surviving Georgian houses
are of this type, which is the most common in the northern and
middle colonies, but also occurs in the southern colonies
• Gambrel roof: This roof form is found primarily in the northern
colonies where it is characteristic of about 25 percent of
surviving Georgian houses. Few gambrels survive in the
middle or southern colonies, although restoration research in
Williamsburg indicates they may have formerly been common
on one-story southern examples. The shape is an adaptation of
the gable form, which provides more attic space for storage or
sleeping.
• Hipped roof: About 25 percent of surviving Georgian houses
have hipped roofs. This is the most common type in the southern
colonies, but is not unusual in the middle and northern colonies,
where it occurs principally on high-style landmark examples.
• Centered gable: Less than 10 percent of surviving Georgian
houses have a gable centered on the front facade. The facade
beneath the gable may either remain in the same plane as the
rest of the wall or be extended slightly forward for emphasis as
a pavilion. This subtype became commonly only after 1750 and is
found in high-style examples in all the former colonies.
• Town house: The earliest surviving urban houses with narrow
front facades and linear plans date from the Georgian period.
These were originally built in all the pre-Revolutionary urban
centers of the Atlantic Coast, but only a few examples remain.
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