Stephenson Cupolas

Hyde Park Cupolas

If you need to address your building’s ventilation needs, you may be interested in cupolas. A cupola sits on the roof of a building and helps air and heat to flow. For a particularly attractive cupola, look at the Hyde Park cupola.

What does a Hyde Park cupola look like? A cupola can be divided into three parts, the base, the louvered section, and the roof. A Hyde Park cupola has four sides. The base of the Hyde Park cupola has clean, straight lines that solidly meet the louvered section. The louvers in this cupola style are framed on all sides and have an arched top. The sides of a roof of the Hyde Park cupola curve gently inward in a pagoda style.

A Hyde Park cupola can help address your building’s ventilation needs while adding to your building’s overall visual appeal.

Barn cupolas traditionally had shingled or paneled roofs. The great majority of cupolas that are pre-manufactured today have metal roofs that aren’t going to require much attention. The louvered sides still ventilate but many of those wood cupolas are purely decorative. The other tradition for barn cupolas was a weathervane atop the point in the center of the cupola roof. That is a tradition that lives on, with cupolas on homes and garages as well as outbuildings.