Bell roof

A bell roof (bell-shaped roof, ogee roof,^[1] Philibert de l'Orme roof) is a roof form resembling the shape of a bell.^[2]

Shapes

Bell roofs may be round, multi-sided or square. A similar-sounding feature added to other roof forms at the eaves or walls^[3] is bell-cast, sprocketed^[4] or flared^[2] eaves, the roof flairs upward resembling the common shape of the bottom of a bell.

Gallery

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  A classic, round bell roof on the round tower of Aspen Community Church in the USA
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  A metal bell roof on the Almond A. White House in the United States
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  A multi-sided bell roof on the tower of the Wendish-German double church in Germany
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  A square bell roof in France
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  Not bell roofs but roofs with bell-cast eaves.

See also

• Roof pitch
• Bochka roof

References

1. Passmore, Augustine C.. "Bell Roof or Ogee Roof". Handbook of technical terms used in architecture and building and their allied trades and subjects,. London: Scott, Greenwood, and Co.;, 1904. 38. Print.
2. Harris, Cyril M.. "bell roof" and "bellcast eaves". Dictionary of architecture & construction. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Print.
3. Cowan, Henry J., and Peter R. Smith. "bellcast". Dictionary of architectural and building technology. 4th ed. London: Spon Press, 2004. Print.
4. Brett, Peter. "Bellcast eaves". An illustrated dictionary of building: an illustrated reference guide for practitioners and students. 2nd ed. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 1997. Print.