Southern House Plans

For a list of trusted home plan firms specializing in Southern home designs, please visit the Southern Home Plans Directory.

Southern house plan styles typically feature a hip roof, small window panes, as well as decorative elements such like pedimented doorways, and well-proportioned transom light.

Although most Southern house plan designs are mainly made of brick, there are some exceptions that are built using timber frame and wooden siding.

Southern homes are handsome, sprawling in size and simply framed in a basic rectangular shape. Sometimes southern house plans feature extras like giant bay windows. The primary distinguishing feature of a Southern home is its covered wraparound porch, an element that calls to mind magnificent Southern plantations. Southern House plans focus on the main entrance as the home's center piece. Southern House plans are perfectly symmetrical with the exact same number and type of windows on each side. The large wraparound porch and wide steps leading up to it welcome guests with charming southern hospitality.

Most Southern house plans are designed as two-story structures, with bedrooms upstairs and living spaces on the main floor. Traditional southern house plans called for the upstairs bedrooms to lead out to upstairs porches with French-style doors. The typical exterior features of a southern home also included shuttered windows, flower boxes and gabled roofs supported by columns. The roof over the southern-style porch typically has a shallower pitch than the roof of the southern home, creating a wide, shady perimeter. Traditional southern homes were shaded by gigantic oaks trees.

Those interested in Southern House Plans may also be interested in the similar Colonial House plans, Georgian House Plans and Spanish House plans below.

We are working on adding new firms that carry Southern House Plans to our list. If you know any good sites, please email us, and we will add them to this page.

You also can find Southern House plan books library.

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