It is a variant of a hip roof depicting a small modification at the top of the gable.
Half hip roof porch.
Some other names for hip roofs are pyramid roof and pavilion roofs.
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Dutch gable hip roof.
A half hip roof is a combination of gable and hip roof styles in which a hip roof plane builds upward from a partial gable wall.
A half hip roof is also known as a jerkin head roof or clipped gable.
Here the mansard roofs as well as half hipped roofs are small variations of simple hip roofs.
In this example a simple 30 x 40 building with 108 1 8 ceiling height is used.
In a hip roof all sides of the roof have a gentle slope towards the sides of the walls.
This is a take on the standard hip roof design but in this instance the two sides of the roof are shortened in order to create eaves.
One of the benefits of a half hip roof is that it may accommodate a gutter that can be easily fixed all around the house.
To create an automatic half hip roof open a chief architect plan in which you would like to create a half hip roof.
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This is a hybrid of a gable and hip roof design in which a full or partial gable can be found at the end of a ridge in the roof which allows for more internal roof space.
Hip roofs are more frequently used in advanced architectures most probably for bungalows cottages and ranch homes.
A half hip jerkinhead or clipped gable roof is usually characterized by a gable but the upper points of the gable are instead replaced by a small hip.