Arts & Crafts / Shingle StyleHallmarks
The Shingle Style was highly interpretive and imaginative, exhibiting a range of motifs from old English to Georgian. But certain hallmarks apply:
WOOD SHINGLE SKIN: Shingles wrap the house, undulating over oriels, corners, and eyebrow windows. You don’t find corner boards and a lot of fussy trim.
ASYMMETRY is evident, with cross gables and roof sections of different pitch, wings, turrets, bays and oriels.
COTTAGE AIR: This house type was created for summer homes along the Northeast coast and San Francisco Bay: regardless of how large or detailed, they have an informality and connection to the outdoors.
CLASSICAL MOTIFS: Many Shingle Style houses have an early Colonial
Revival sentiment, with elements borrowed from the (English) Georgian
revival of classical and Renaissance architecture. Look for a Palladian
(three-part) window, plain or fluted round columns, balustrades, and
dentils.
