English Gable Roof Barn
Idaho
The high A-frame or “gable” roof is popular because rain and snow fall off quickly. Plus, higher pitches meant sturdier roofs. It’s high pitch also offered usable under roof storage. English Barns were usually 30-feet by 40-feet in size. Their economic size and no-nonsense rectangularity topped with an A-frame roof was a much easier feat for the basic farmer to complete. The English barn sometimes goes by other names such as: Yankee, Three-Bay, or Connecticut. Photo © copyright by Robert Faucher.