Bargeboard
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BARGEBOARD (probably from Med. Lat. bargus, or barcus, a scaffold,dand not from the now obsolete synonym "vergeboard"), ...
Bargeboard
Also called Vergeboard
A board, often ornately carved or pierced, fixed to the projecting edge of a gable roof ...
Bargeboards -- also called vergeboards -- hang from the projecting end of a roof. Bargeboards are often elaborately carved and ornamented. Homes in the Carpenter Gothic style have highly ornamented bargeboards.
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Bargeboards(corruption of ‘vergeboards'): Boards, often carved or pierced (called fretted), fixed beneath the eaves of a gable to cover and protect the rafters.Barley-sugar columnsColumns with twisted spiral shafts.
Bargeboard - also called vergeboards or fly rafters - decorative boards located at the end of a gable. Bargeboards are often elaborately carved and ornamented (in Victorian and Gothic architecture).
Bargeboard
A wide, flat board that seals the space below the roof between the tiles and the wall on a gable end. Bargeboards often have decorative carving or pierced decoration. Commonly found in Queen Anne and Gothic Revival-style homes.
Bargeboard -- A board which hangs from the projecting end of a gable roof covering the end rafters, and often sawn into a decorative pattern.
Bay Window -- A window in a wall that projects at an angle to another wall.
BARGEBOARD or VERGEBOARD Decorative woodwork or gingerbread attached to the projecting rafters of a gable roof.
(Illustration from A.J. Downing, The Architecture of Country Houses, 1850, showing part of a bargeboard with a pinnacle) ...
bargeboard - ornamental board on a gable used to conceal the end rafters
bay window - a protruding space from the exterior wall. A bow window is a rounded bay.
BARGEBOARD: a board trim that is usually carved and projects from the gable line of a roof, used to hide the ends of the horizontal roof timbers. (IMAGE) ...
bargeboard
Board or other decorative woodwork fixed to the edges or projecting rafters of a gabled roof. Sometimes called gingerbread.
bargeboard/vergeboard ...
bargeboard/vergeboard - the extended boards from a gable end-often decorated in Victorian and Gothic architecture.
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bullseye - a small round decorative piece with a smaller circle inside of it resembling an eye.
bargeboard - a board, often ornately curved, attached to the projecting edges of a gabled roof; sometimes referred to as vergeboard. This feature was used throughout the Middle Ages as well as in the Gothic Revival of the 19th century.
Bargeboard Timber, sometimes decorative, placed along the verge of a roof at a gable end.
bargeboard: a wooden board in front of the edge of the roofing material at the end of a gable and often carved to decorative effect.
Bargeboard (barge) - Projecting boards facing the gable of a building; sometimes quite ornately decorated (girth fretwork).
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Bargeboards
- boards fixed at the gable ends of roofs to conceal and protect the ends of the roof timbers, or thatch. They may project over the wallface and are frequently highly decorative, estates often adopted their own personal style.
bargeboard - fancy, wooden ornately carved scrollwork, attached to and hanging down under the eaves of the projecting edge of a gable roof
baseboard (skirting board) - interior finish trim hiding the wall and floor junction ...
BARGEBOARDS see vergeboards
BAY WINDOWa projection from a wall containing a window
BELLCASTan eave or roof that flares out and is bell-shaped ...
Bagging The process of applying thin mortar to a masonry wall with a coarse material such as hessian Balcony A cantilevered or bracketed platform projecting from a wall with access from an upper storey Bargeboard A sloping board fixed to ...
These picturesque country cottages are distinguished by pointed arched windows which are combined with towers, steep gable roofs, lacy bargeboard, verandas, and bay and oriel windows.
Bargeboards cut in fanciful geometric or naturalistic shapes trim the steep roofs. Porches are trimmed with lacy cut out brackets. Modest houses are symmetrically built but have steeply pitched roofs, dormers, and porches edged with bargeboard.
Drip molds and Label stops, along with Finials, Scalloping, Bargeboarding, Cantilevering, Molding and other detailing are indicative of Gothic or medieval building styles.
Sometimes referred to as Carpenter Gothic Revival, cottages will have whimsical medieval details such as balconies, lacey gingerbread bargeboards and ornamental chimneys.
 See also: House, Architecture, Gable, Ornament, Verge
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