Ashlar
Squared-off blocks of stone used in building
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Ashlar masonry: Ashlar masonry consists of uniform, rectangular blocks of stone with parallel faces, as were commonly used in the construction of classical Greek and Roman buildings.
ASHLAR: smooth square stones laid in a horizontal fashion; used for foundations or facing of masonry walls. (IMAGE)
BELLCAST: a curved shape resulting in a lower pitch at the bottom of a roof slope. (IMAGE) ...
Ashlar - Squared blocks of smooth stone neatly trimmed to shape.
Aumbry - Recess to hold sacred vessels; typically in a chapel.
ashlar:
a squared block of building stone
balustrade:
a rail and the row of posts that support it, as along the edge of a staircase ...
Ashlar Squared and faced stone used as high quality finish.
Asbestos Material used in the past for insulation. Can sometimes be a health hazard - specialist advice should be sought if asbestos is found.
ASHLAR Worked stone with flat surface, usually of regular shape and square edges. As opposed to rough stone, which is not squared off.
Ashlar: Finely dressed natural stone: the best grade of masonry.
Asphalt: Black, tar-like substance, strongly adhesive and impervious to moisture. Used on flat roofs and floors.
Barge Board: (See Verge Board) ...
ashlar masonry (10) -- construction of blocks of squared stone laid in regular courses (Biers, 335) Sample Image (Lesson 21)
askoi (3) -- (sing. askos) a vase in the shape of a sack, skin, or animal (Vermeule, 385) ...
ashlar Stone that has been cut square and dressed.
atrium In classical architecture, an interior courtyard that is open to the air.
aumbry A recess to hold reliquaries or sacred vessels, often found in castle chapels.
ashlar - a dressed or squared stone and the masonry built of such hewn stone. It may be coursed, with continuous horizontal joints or random, with discontinuous joints.
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Ashlar
Masonry of large blocks wrought to even faces and square edges.
Aumbry.
ashlar: regularly dressed masonry; usually in squared blocks of stone, or masonry constructed of such blocks.
astylar: without columns.
atlantes: male sculptured figures used as supports.
Ashlar. Large square block of stone usually used as quoins on the outer corners of buildings decorated with rustication.
ashlar : Stones hewn and squared for use in building, as distinguished from rough stones. The practice of laying stone in smooth cut - or dressed - blocks in regular courses, seperated by only the thinnest of joints.
Ashlar
Rectangular dressed blocks of stone laid in regular courses, usually with fine vertical joints.
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Baptistry
A building used for baptism in the Christian church. Also spelled baptistery.
ashlar
The practice of laying stone in smooth cut or dressed blocks in regular courses, seperated by only the thinnest of joints. Originated by the ancient Egyptians and adopted as an important element of classical architecture.
Ashlar - Stone that has been squared and laid in regular courses with fine joints. Render on the external walls of Victorian buildings was often ruled to imitate this, while weatherboards were sometimes similarly imitative, (ashlar boards).
Ashlar
Finely worked stone, with a smooth finish. Joints between the stone can barely be seen. Such skilled work is very expensive, and a sign of an ambitious patron and architect.
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Random ashlar - Masonry composed of rectangular stones set without continuous joints.
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Ashlar / Mason's drag / Plain work
- Dressed stonework of any type, where the blocks have squared sides, carefully squared corners, and are laid in regular courses, usually with fine joints.
ashlar - squared stones, or sometimes wood shaped to look like squared stones that faces a building
awning window - a window attached at the top of the window, which pushes out from the bottom to open ...
Ashlar: blocks of smooth, squared stone of any kind
Bailey or Ward: courtyard within the walls of the castle
Ballista: engine resembling a crossbow, used in hurling missiles or large arrows ...
Ashlar masonry - Stone masonry cut into rectangles and laid to create a wall.
Astragal - A molding. A simple convex, semicircle molding.
Ashlar - a type of hewn stone, generally rectangular and large in size.
Ashlar
Stones hewn, squared, and smoothed for use in building, as distinguished from rough building stones.
Ashlar
building stone precisely cut and finished to a smooth finish
Astragal ...
Ashlar - masonry of large blocks cut with even faces and square edges.
Atrium - (plural: atria) inner court of a Roman or C20 house; in a multi-storey building, a toplit covered court rising through all storeys.
Boasted Ashlar - A rough finish to stonework made by boasting
Boaster - A mason's boasting chisel, 40 to 80 mm wide, struck by a mallet in dressing stone ...
Ashlar - Finely dressed (finished) stone - usually in high quality construction.
Asphalt - black, tar-like substance impervious to moisture. Used on flat roofs and floors.
Bakelite - an early plastic often used in old electrical fittings.
On the Mediterranean coast houses are generally stone built, often of ashlar masonry; their general appearance is that of Lebanese houses.
QUOINS (an old variant spelling of "coin," from Lat. cuneus, a wedge), in architecture, the term for the external angle of a building, generally applied to the ashlar masonry employed to stop the rubble masonry or brickwork of the wall at the ...
Smooth stone walls, made from finely-cut ashlar, or smooth stucco finish
Low-pitched hip or Mansard roof
Roof topped with balustrade
Wide eaves with large brackets
Horizontal stone banding between floors
Segmental pediments ...
Masonry of large blocks wrought to even faces and square edges. Broached ashlar (Scots): scored with parallel lines made by a narrow-pointed chisel (broach). Droved ashlar (Scots): similar but with lines made by a broad chisel.
The facade of the terrace is finely cut stone with an ashlar finish. The eave brackets were part of the Italian repertoire popular at the time and the windows are alternating Florentine pediments and flat cornices of the Renaissance Revival style.
Random Rubble, Coursed Rubble, Mosaic, Random Ashlar, Coursed Ashlar
Vaults
Wainscot ...
Later ones had a horizontal slot in the middle to give a wider angle of fire for crossbows.
Ashlar - squared blocks of smooth stone neatly trimmed to shape.
Aumbry - recess to hold sacred vessels; typically in a chapel.
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Italian Renaissance entryway, arch over entry, ashlar stone appearance, and massive quoins on the building corners.
22. Boston, MA. Copley Plaza Hotel, c.1912.
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