Overhang (architecture)

Overhangs on two sides of Pennsylvania Dutch barns protect doors, windows, and other lower-level structures.

Overhangs on all four sides of barns and larger, older farmhouses are common in Swiss architecture.

An overhanging eave is the edge of a roof, protruding outwards from the side of the building, generally to provide weather protection.

[3] By the 17th century, overhangs were one of the most common features of American colonial architecture in New England and Connecticut.

Where eaves continue in the same plane over an ell (projection), this part of the roof is instead considered a catslide and if across a full façade the building may be a saltbox house.