Oriel Window
An oriel window projects from the wall and does not extend to the ground. Illustrated definition of the phrase Oriel Window from our Architecture Glossary.
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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.
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oriel window - A bay window located above the first floor, usually supported by brackets or corbels
ornamental plasterwork - Decorative carved or molded plasterwork
ornaments - Details added to a structure solely for decoration ...
ORIEL WINDOW A projecting bay window supported by brackets or a triangual support piece.
Oriel window - appearing in chapels, public and private houses in the Gothic style, a window that projects from the outer face of a wall and supported by corbels. Also known as a bay window.
Oriel Window A self supporting projecting window not having any brickwork below.
Oversite Rough concrete below timber ground floors.
Parapet A wall above the edge of a roof or balcony etc.
Oriel window: A window placed in a projection of an exterior wall of a building is called an oriel window when the wall projection does not extend all the way to the foundation.
oriel window: an upper projecting bay window, often supported on corbels.
ovolo: a small convex moulding.
palmette: a stylised leaf ornament based on the shape of a palm leaf.
oriel window - a bay window, especially one projecting from an upper story; in medieval European structures and derivatives, a subsidiary bay, or a corbeled, enclosed feature, exterior or interior.
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Oriel windows are always sited on upper floors, while bays occur at all levels
Introduced in Gothic domestic architecture and found in almost all styles afterwards
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oriel window
bow window, bay window - a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house
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Oriel Window: Begins above the ground and heads up.
Bay Window: See top of page.
Reveal Window: Just sticks out from the wall.
Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary ...
Oriel windows project from the side of a building, like a bay window, but are located on the second floor or higher and supported by brackets or columns.
Oriel or Oriel Window: projecting room on an upper floor, later an upper-floor bay window
Oubliette: a dungeon reached by a trap door
Palisade: a sturdy wooden fence built to enclose a site until a permanent stone wall could be constructed ...
BAY, BOW AND ORIEL WINDOWS - These windows project out from the front or side of a house. Oriel windows generally project from an upper storey, supported by brackets. Bay windows are angled/square projections that rise up from the ground.
Back Bay town house in Romanesque Revival style, including heavy stone (or veneer) facade, round-arched entryway, parapetted dormers, and Victorian-era oriel window (projecting window opening above entryway.
2. Jerseyville, IL. County courthouse.
storey Bargeboard A sloping board fixed to the edge of a gable roof, often decorated by fretwork or similar artistry Bay A projection from the outside wall, forming a bow window if curved, a faceted window or bay if angled, an oriel window if ...
The four-centred arch, now known as the Tudor arch, was a defining feature; some of the most remarkable oriel windows belong to this period; the mouldings are more spread out and the foliage becomes more naturalistic.
Oriel windows -- along with tall, narrow windows -- often with small window panes
Massive chimneys, often topped with decorative chimney pots, placed in prominent positions on the front or side of the house
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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.
MESHREBIYA (drinking places), the Arabic term given to the projecting oriel windows in Cairo, enclosed with latticework, through which a good view of the street can be obtained by the occupants without being seen; ...
Oriel windows generally project from an upper story, supported by a bracket. Bay windows are angled projections that rise up from the ground on the first floor. Bow windows are rounded projections, often formed of the window glass itself.
Corbels are used to support cornices, turrets, brackets, ribs and oriel windows. A corbel is also a a stone or piece of wood that supports a superincumbent weight. See also Corbelling.
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Open Space - An area forming an integral part of the site, left open to sky.
Organic - In Architecture, loosely based on natural physical structures.
Oriel Window - Curved Window projecting out of an upper storey. Picture shown below ...
Other features include projecting oriel window bays, groups of tall narrow windows with multi-pane glazing, and large leaded glass windows detailed with stone mullions, transoms and the Tudor arch.
a window projecting out from a building at ground level, either rectangular or polygonal, of one or more storeys. A window that projects out from a building above ground level is known as an oriel window
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A window that projects out from a building above ground level is known as an oriel window.
Belfry - tall, movable wooden tower on wheels, used in sieges.
Belvedere - A raised turret or pavillion.
 See also: Oriel, Architecture, House, Storey, Brick
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