Architecture terms
dado rail
"chair rail"; just out on bottom third of wall
sash window
2 seperate windows of timber; slides up and down
parapet
barrier which is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof hiding what is behind it
plinth
base or platform upon which a column, pedestal, statue, monument or structure rests
flat arches
brick over window that holds weight
kentish ragstone
hard, grey/yellow/brown limestone; not for carving; for security
rails
horizontal members of wall panel
sculpted bosses
knob of stone (or wood) in an intersection of a vault
portico
like a porch
dentils
lots of little squares/teeth
telamon
male version of caryatid
modillion
ornate bracket (corbel) underneath cornice, more intricate than dentils
transverse rib
rib of a rib vault which is carried across the main body of the arch
girders
roofing of trainsheds, beams that extend across
carved modillion
scroll bracket
cherubs
sculpted
fanlight
semicircle decoration around door; keyblock on top
aedicules
small shrine
spandrels
space between two arches or between an arch and a rectangular enclosure
vice staircase
spiral staircase
voussoir
stone around outsie of door; in Georgian houses, typically vermiculated
capital
the head of a column
piloti
thin support columns
styles
vertical members of wall panel
portland stone
white grey limestone, very uniform, used in many public buildings
