Newel
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NEWEL (0. Fr. nouel or noel, modern noyau, properly a kernel, from Lat. nux, nut; other foreign equivalents are Ital. albero, Ger. Spindel), ...
Newel
Newel - The central post or column around which the steps of a circular staircase wind, and which provides support for the staircase
Newel-post - A tall post at the head or foot of a stair, supporting the handrail; often ornamental ...
newel - the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail
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For other uses, see Newel (disambiguation).
A newel is the upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind.
NEWEL POST - a post at the foot of a straight stairway or one at a landing .
RISER - the vertical part of a step between the treads.
TREAD - the upper horizontal part of a step.
newel cap and post
the end post of a balustrade, the cap is on the top of the newel; an ornamented post at the top, bottom, or landing of a stairway that supports the handrail.
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Newel - See Stair.
Niche - A vertical recess in a wall, pier, etc., usually arched and containing a statue, urn, or other decorative object.
Christ and St. Thomas (or Doubting of Thomas), Orsanmichele - Florence ...
newel - The post supporting the handrails of a staircase
oriel window - A bay window located above the first floor, usually supported by brackets or corbels
ornamental plasterwork - Decorative carved or molded plasterwork ...
Newel Post - A post form which the steps of a winding stair radiate; a post at the end of a stair- or hand-rail.
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Newel
the central post in a circular or winding staircase; also the principal post at each angle of a dog-legged or well staircase.
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NEWEL The main post from which the steps of a stair rise. One end of a handrail is usually attached to the newel.
OCULUS A small round or oval window.
Newel Post - The post that terminates a balustrade.
Oriel window - A bay window that projects from the building above ground level. In medieval architecture, a bay window is corbeled out from the wall of an upper story.
Newel: Stout post supporting a staircase handrail at top and bottom. Also, the central pillar of a winding or spiral staircase.
Newel The upright post of a staircase which supports the handrail - often turned and decorated Nogging Either infill of masonry laid as panels between a timber wall-frame or small horizontal pieces of timber fixed between the wall studs ...
Newel - Center post of spiral staircase.
Nookshaft - Shaft set in angle of jamb or pier.
Offset - Ledge marking the narrowing of a wall's thickness.
NEWEL A vertical support at the center of a circular staircase. Also, a post that supports a handrail at the bottom or at the landing of a staircase.
NICHE A shallow recess in a wall designed to contain a statue or some other ornament.
NEWEL
Central or corner post of a staircase.
NICHE
A shallow recess in a wall designed to contain a statue or some other ornament.
newel post - a tall and more or less ornamental post at the head or foot of a stair, supporting the handrail.
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Newel post
A heavy post placed at the end of the handrail at the bottom of a stairway.
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Newel / Monkey twist / Monkey tail
- the newel is the central post supporting a spiral stair, also the main posts at the beginning and end of a flight of stairs, carrying the handrail.
Newel - The terminating baluster at the lower end os a handrail.
Niche - A recess in a wall to place various decorations.
Nosing - The rounded fore-edge of a stair tread.
NEWEL
Decorative structural post at either end of a stair rail. The post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting the handrail.
NEWEL CAP
Decorative element atop a newel.
newel - the supporting upright pillar around which winding steps, or winders, are supported; typically found in cathedral and castle architecture of the Middle Ages.
niche (Fr. a nest) - a recess in a wall for the reception of a statue.
newel - the principal post in a banister at the foot of a staircase and at the corners of landings
oriel - a projecting window on an upper floor, often supported with brackets ...
newel The main post at the foot of a stairway or stoop.
oriel A projecting bay window carried on corbels or brackets.
Modillion A bracket supporting the upper part of a composite or Corinthian cornice.N
Newel The end post of a stair railing.
Niche A recess in a wall to place various decorations.O ...
RampedOf a stair-rail, dado etc: with a steep concave curve just short of the newel, or in line with it.Random rubbleMasonry whose stones are wholly or partly in a rough state and laid in a random pattern.
The iron cresting has large newels at the corners. Under the dormer and the Mansard roof is a small balcony with Tuscan columns, an architrave, a row of dentils and a large cornice. The door opening onto the balcony has a segmental arch.
Finial - Ornamental timber section added to the highest point of barge boards or hanging from stair newels on landings.
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Flange - A flat plate at the end of a pipe or beam, through which a bolted joint can be made.
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Winder - A tapered tread in a turning part of a staircase (or circular stair) radiating from a common springing point at the newel post ...
Necking - ornament at the top of a column, bottom of the capital.
Newel - center post of spiral staircase.
Niche - vertical recess in a wall, often to take a statue.
Nookshaft - shaft set in angle of jamb or pier.
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Newel: Center post of spiral staircase. Niche: A recess in the thickness of a wall. Contrast with: apse Nookshaft: Shaft set in angle of jamb or pier.
 See also: House, Post, Frame, Staircase, Floor
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