Barge boards - Fixed to the gable end of a roof to protect the roof timbers against wet and windy weather.
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Batten - Small section of timber to which sheet materials, slates and roof tiles are fixed.
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Barge Boards
The woodwork covering the ends of rafters of porches etc
Barrel Roof ...
Barge Board: (See Verge Board)
Balanced Flue: Common metal device normally serving gas appliances which allows air to be drawn to the appliance whilst also allowing fumes to escape.
Barge Board A stylized rafter set out a little from the clapboards of a gable, used es
pecially on Gothic Revival cottages.
Barge Board - The exterior board spanning the distance from the roof ridge to the cornice return.
BARGE BOARD
Decorative or plain trim attached to the eaves of a gable.
BELCAST EAVES
Slight curvature or flaring, near the bottom of a roof slope.
BARGE BOARD - Timber fascia to roof verge or gable end.
BARK BORER - A generally harmless form of woodworm found in bark and sapwood.
BATTENS - Thin timber strips, to which tiles and slates are fixed.
Barge Board - a sloping board built along a gable edge of a roof. Balanced (or room sealed ) Flue - common flue type normally serving gas appliances, which allows air to be drawn to the appliance whilst also allowing fumes to escape.
Barge Board, verge - Slopping roof trim of wood, plastics or metals fixed in pairs along the edge of a gable to cover the roof timbers and protect them from rain and/or ...
Identifying features of Gothic Revival are steeply pitched roofs, usually with steep cross gables; intricately carved verge boards (barge boards) along the eaves and gable edges (beyond the mid-1860's, ...
If the roof is carried across on the top of the wall so that the purlins project beyond its face, they are masked or hidden by a "barge board," but as a rule the roof butts up against the back of the wall which is raised so as to form a parapet.
 See also: Gable, House, Brick, Ornament, Frame
  
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