The Post & Beam Carriage House: Hot Trend, but Always A Classic
This carriage house in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston is topped off with a French-style Mansard roof. Photo by - Mark B.
The Fairmount Coach House in historic Fairmount, Indiana has a classic brick exterior
At this point you might be thinking “I’m with you on the creativity part, but “innovation” - how so?”
My modern Victorian carriage house, built by Yankee Barn Homes, is both energy and space efficient. And it
This New England carriage house epitomizes the regional style, with steeply pitched gable dormers and few architectural frills.
The further west you go, the more likely you are to see signs of the Arts & Crafts style, while in the mid-Atlantic states and to the north along the coast the Shingle Style dominates with it‘s use of weathered shingles and naturally quarried stone.
This carriage house has all the arts & crafts elements - the square, tapered bungalow half-columns on brick pillars, the shingled siding and the contrasting colors painted on the decorative trim.
One thing they all have in common are those great carriage house doors! Today’s newly built carriage houses are often a combination of these geographical styles. Many architects enjoy designing carriage houses because they are a challenge spatially while great fun aesthetically.
Click through the gallery below to see more images of great carriage houses.
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- This carriage house in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston is topped off with a French-style Mansard roof
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- The Fairmount Coach House in historic Fairmount, Indiana has a classic brick exterior
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- My modern Victorian carriage house, built by Yankee Barn Homes, is both energy and space efficient.
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- This New England carriage house epitomizes the regional style, with steeply pitched gable dormers and few architectural frills.
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- This carriage house has all the arts & crafts elements – the square, tapered bungalow half-columns on brick pillars, the singled siding and the contrasting colors painted on the decorative trim.
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- This carriage house has classic Georgian elements.
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- A modernized kitchen in a converted carriage house.
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- This carriage house has been updated and is now used as a gift shop.
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- The carriage house at the Mark Twain house in Hartford, Connecticut.
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- This newer carriage house is rustic but luxurious, with a field stone exterior, detailed trim work and that gorgeous mountain view.
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- This southern carriage house looks like a delicious cake with its yellow clapboard and ornate white trimmed details.
Funny I should find this blog post while doing a web search. I grew up in a house directly across from the carriage house in the first photo! An elderly couple lived there at the time – Mr and Mrs Hayes. The house and carriage house was done over just a couple of years ago. I lead tours for the Jamaica Plain Historical Society, and that house plus the next two are on the tour as stylistic examples.
A closer look tells me what I guessed – it’s my photo. Not the end of the world, but…
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HI Mark,
Thank you for the kind note. My daughter now lives in Jamaica Plain and I’m around there all the time – I love the community!
I will be happy to remove your photo or give you credit – whichever you prefer. Pease let me know how you’d like me to handle it, and thanks for being so nice about it.
BeamBabe
A credit to MarkB would be fine.
Done! Thanks so much, Mark.
Please stop by again soon. BeamBabe
Yes, that indeed is living space. As a matter of fact, it’s my home! If you’d like to see the interior of it check out my post Our Post and Beam Carriage House: The Interior Paint Colors and Decor