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Epping ridge dragons installed on roof elevations

This property in Epping showcases a range of fantastic ridge dragon finials on the many roof elevations. The dragons are installed on the gable ends and there is a mixture of large, medium and small dragon finials that have been creatively used to create features on the roofs. Most are used on the main roof elevations and the smaller dragon has been used on the garage

Ridge dragon and obelisk finials Hermon Hill, London

This great set of photos was sent in by a customer that was renovating a property in Hermon Hill, London to bring it back to its former glory and as part of the works was re-roofing the property. The property is a brick built Victorian era building with nice decorative chimney stacks and ornate soffits\fascias. The customer opted to roof with slate and use terracotta ridge tiles for the ridge runs along the ridge line and for the hips. They was looking at restoring some lost roofing detail to the roof and decided to incorporate an original style ridge dragon and a traditional obelisk roof finial

Terracotta dragon finial on bungalow roof

This lovely set of photos taken on a sunny day with blues sky show quite an imposing but beautiful terracotta dragon finial as a feature piece on a bungalow roof. It was installed on a beautiful bungalow in Minster in Kent, the customer was having some roof works done. As part of the works some of the ridge tiles were replaced and repointed with mortar. The roof is four sided also known as double hip, square of pyramid In terms of the shape and they was looking for a lovely feature piece for the apex

House renovation with 2 x ridge dragons

This collection of photos show 2 x ridge dragons installed on the porch and main roof of the house and were sent in by the customer after completing the renovation of their house in Southampton. A smaller scale angled ridge dragon was used for the porch which looks perfectly in scale and proportion and has some excellent detail which can be appreciated from close up. The porch is wooden construction with decorative clover leaf bargeboard and the roof looks like Spanish or Chinese slate with plain terracotta ridge tiles. The dragon is installed so it overlooks from the porch and creates a lovely feature to add decoration

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