PARAPET (Ital. parapetto, Fr. parapet, from Mara, imperative of Ital. parare, to cover, defend, and petto, breast, Lat. pectus; the German word is Brustwehr), a dwarf wall along the edge of a roof, or round a lead flat, terrace walk, &c.
Parapet
PAIR a pit, -pet
A low guarding wall at any point of sudden drop, as at the edge of a terrace, roof, battlement, balcony, etc.
parapet - a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony
wall - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; ...
Parapets surrounding roofs are extremely common in London. This dates from the Building Act of 1707 which banned projecting wooden eaves in the cities of Westminster and London as they were considered a fire risk.
Parapet
Originally this was a wall used to protect the ramparts of military structures. Now it is a low railing or wall along the perimeter of a roof or along the edge of a bridge, balcony, or raised platform.
Parapet
Illustrated definition of the word Parapet from our Architecture Glossary.
Pediment ...
Parapet - A low wall, sometimes battlemented, placed to protect any spot where there is a sudden drop, for example, at the edge of a bridge, quay, or house-top.
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A dwarf wall or barrier built on the edge of a terrace, platform, bridge, balcony, or other elevated place, as a protection against falling; also above the cornice of a house, whether built with a steep or a flat roof.
parclose ...
PARAPET A parapet is a low stone or brick wall at the top of a building. A crenelated parapet has rhythmic breaks in the wall to create a pattern of battlements.
parapet:
a low, protective wall or railing along the edge of a roof, balcony or similar structure
pediment:
a wide low-pitched gable surmounting the facade of a building in the Grecian style ...
parapet - A low wall or protective railing used along a roof or balcony
patera - A small, round or oval in a medallion as seen in door or window moldings, plain or richly decorated with leaves or flowers. (pl. paterae) ...
Parapet - A wall serving as a guard at the edge of a roof, terrace, bridge, balcony, or the like.
Pier - An independent mass of brickwork, masonry or concrete, which gives support to beams or arches.
Parapet: Low wall along the edge of a flat roof, balcony etc.
Pier: A vertical column of brickwork or other material, used to strengthen the wall or to support a weight.
Parapet
A low protective wall higher than the exterior wall of a building.
Palladian Window ...
PARAPET A low wall on a balcony or above the cornice of a building.
PARGETING Plasterwork, incised or modelled with ornamental patterns, on a building's exterior walls.
Parapet A wall above the edge of a roof or balcony etc.
Parapet Gutter A timber gutter of rectangular cross-section usually providing with a flexible metal or other impervious lining. Used behind a parapet wall or sometimes at a valley.
Parapet - Low wall on outer side of main wall.
Pediment - Low-pitched gable over porticos, doors, windows.
Peel - A small tower; typically, a fortified house on the border ...
Parapet Low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony, or extending over the roof slopes above a party or gable wall.
Parapet Gutter A gutter behind a parapet usually provided with a flexible metal or other impervious lining.
parapet A portion of wall that projects above a roof.
parterre In landscape gardening, a formal area of planting, usually square or rectangular.
parapet: a low wall at the end of a roof, usually an upward extension of the wall below, sometimes incorporating sections of balustrade.
pargetting: plastering on a wall or ceiling that incorporates scratched or shallow moulded patterns.
PARAPET A low protective wall or railing along the edge of a raised structure such as a roof or balcony.
PARGETING (lit. plastering): Exterior plaster decoration, either moulded in relief or incised.
PARAPET
Wall for protection at any sudden drop. Also used to conceal a roof.
PARGETING
(lit. plastering): Exterior plaster decoration, either moulded in relief or incised.
parapet - a wall section rising above the roofline; a low wall, sometimes battlemented, placed to protect any spot where there is a sudden drop, for example, at the edge of a bridge or house-top.
parapet : A parapet is a low wall projecting from the edge of a platform, terrace, or roof. Parapets may rise above the cornice of a building or form the upper portion of a defensive wall on a castle.
parapet - a low wall used as protection in any location where there is a drop like at the edge of a roof, balcony or terrac.
rafter - An inclined timber which forms the side of a roof, to which the roof covering is attached..
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Parapet
(a) a wall or rampart to protect soldiers; (b) a low wall or railing built for the safety of people at the edge of a balcony, roof, or other steep place.
Parchment ...
Parapet - The extension of a wall above the roof or what would otherwise be the eaves line- Usually between 400 and 1500mm in height and decorated with ornamentation such As moulded cornices, balustrade, pediments and nameplates.
Parapet
- the upstand of a wall above another structure, such as a roof or terrace.
Parapet - That portion of the wall that extends above the roof (wall surrounding a flat roof).
Parget - Roughest, plaster. (Parging is a colloquial term referring to the application of cement plaster.) ...
PARAPET: A low wall on the outer side of the main wall, protecting the front of the entry walk.
QUADRANGLE: Inner courtyard.
SHELL KEEP: Circular or oval wall surrounding inner portion of castle.
parapet on top of a castle wall, with a series of gaps (embrasures or crenelles) between raised portions (merlons), allowing defenders to shoot through; also called crenellations
Bays ...
Parapet: protective wall at the top of a fortification, around the outer side of the wall-walk
Portcullis: vertical sliding wooden grille shod with iron suspended in front of a gateway designed to protect the gate ...
PARAPET
Low wall or barrier railing at a balcony or roof edge.
PEDESTAL
Support block under the base of a column.
parapet - a protective railing or low wall at the edge of a roof, balcony or terrace
parging (pargeting) - to coat with plaster, particularly foundation walls and rough masonry (see stucco) ...
PARAPETa portion of the wall that projects above a roof
PEDIMENTtriangular component, inspired by classical temples, used above doors and/or windows, or on gable ends or building facades ...
Parapet
Pedestal
In classical architecture columns may sit on a pedestal, usually having a square die, a base and cornice.
parapet A low wall that serves as a vertical barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, or other raised area; in a exterior wall, the part entirely above the roof.
paver A block of stone used in sidewalk or areaway paving.
PARAPET - Low all along the edge of a flat roof, balcony etc.
PARQUET FLOORING - Flooring of hardwood strips laid in patterns of a wood subfloor or concrete.
PATIO - Paved recreation area, usually to the rear of the property.
Parapet walk: See allure.
Paraportia: Gates in Byzantine field fortifications (See the Strategikon for more details).
Parol: A wooden frame with sharp stakes projection horizontally from it, which was used to deter besiegers from scaling the parapets.
A parapet with indentations or embrasures, with raised portions (merlons) between; also called crenellations.
Defensive parapet, composed of merlons (solid) and crenels or crenelles (embrasures or openings) through which archers could shoot; sometimes called crenellation. Also used decoratively.
Allure: Wall-walk, passage behind the parapet of a castle wall; Walkway along the top of a wall. Altar: In the Roman Church, a table at which the celebration of the Eucharist takes place.
Baluster - a post or vertical pillar supporting a handrail or parapet rail.
Balustrade - a collective name for a row of balusters or other infilling below a handrail on a stair or parapet.
Chemin de ronde - rare in England, very characteristic of French castles, this is the 'crown' at the top of a round tower, a machicolated gallery below or replacing the parapet.
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.
Parapet on gabled roof
gabled or shaped dormers
decorated verge boards
trusses in gables
round towers
multi-level eaves
flate pantile roof
tudor (flattened gothic) arch and sometimes round arched windows, doors, porches
board-and-batten door ...
Ottoman Period One of the best-known buildings of Jerusalem is the Damascus Gate with its monumental bent entrance, crenellated parapet, machicolations, arrow slits and inscriptions.
This was not a solid barrier, such as an iconostasis, but a low parapet set between taller, free-standing columns which carried an architrave at a higher level resting on top of the columns.
pickets Panelling The covering of an interior surface with timber, usually as a series of sheets fixed between framing members, called wainscoting if limited to the lower part of the wall Parapet A wall built higher than the eaves line of a ...
Low pitched roof with parapet or hipped form
Heavy tiled roofs; little or no overhanging eaves
Arcaded entrances or porches; canvas awnings
Doors and windows frequently arched; windows recessed
Balconies and porches ...
This style is typically identified by a steeply pitched roof which is usually side-gabled, parapeted gables, and decorative half-timbering combined with stucco, brick or stone exterior walls.
Parapet - A low wall or railing built along the edge or roof or a floor.
Parasol - A sunshade.
Park - An enclosed piece of land used for public recreation ...
The style is characterized by flat roofs, parapet walls with round edges, earth-colored stucco or adobe-brick walls, straight-edge window frames, and roof beams that project through the wall.
A form of indented parapet around the top of castles and towers which may either be defensive or decorative.
An alternating high and low parapet on a wall.
BOX FLUE TILES
Open ended box shaped tiles which were built into the thickness of the walls, behind the plaster, of a room heated by a hypocaust.
A series of corbels to carry a parapet or wall plate.
Corbelling.
Brick or masonry courses built out beyond one another like a series of corbels to support a chimney stack or window etc.
Small moulded shaft, square or circular, in stone or wood, sometimes metal, supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of a staircase....
Balustrade
A series of balusters supporting a handrail or coping....
windows and entrances surmounted by cornices or parapets
small wooden versions have false fronts
Type ...
a usage for the decorative adaptation of the alternating merlons and embrasures on the parapet or breastwork of a rampart walk.
English Garden
Wall Bond ...
at the apex of a dome ONION DOME: a pointed, bulbous dome common in Russia, Eastern European, and Islamic architecture PALAZZO: a fortress-like, three-storied home during the Italian Renaissance, usually featuring a rusticated stone exterior PARAPET: ...
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