Quoins
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QUOINS (an old variant spelling of "coin," from Lat. cuneus, a wedge), in architecture, the term for the external angle of a building, ...
Quoins
koinz, kwoinz
Also called Coin
The dressed stones at the corners of buildings ...
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The dressed stones at the corners of buildings, usually laid so their faces are alternately large and small. Usually in contrasting color of brick from the rest of the wall. Common accent in Georgian homes.
quoins:
an exterior angle of a wall or other masonry; a stone serving to form such an angle - a cornerstone; a keystone ...
quoins - Alternating large and small stone, brick or wood used to decorate and accentuate the corners of a building
rail - Horizontal members of a door or window
raking molding - Molding that follows the slope of a gable or pediment ...
QUOINS Quoins are decorative rectangles or squares of stone, brick, wood or concrete, placed at the corners of buildings to add architectural interest.
Quoins -- Stone blocks or bricks ornamenting the outside walls of a building.
Sash -- The movable framework containing the glass in a window.
Sill -- The bottom crosspiece on a window frame.
Quoins
the dressed stones at the angle of a building, or distinctive brickwork in this position.
Rafters ...
Quoins
Finished stone or brick used to visually reinforce the exterior corners of a building.
Rafters ...
QUOINS
Dressed stones at the angles of a building. Sometimes all the stones are of the same size; more often they are alternately large and small.
REBATE
A rectangular recess along the edge of a timber to receive a shutter, door or window ...
quoins - heavy blocks, generally of stone or of wood, cut in emulation of stone and used at the corners of the buildings to reinforce and ornament masonry walls, or in wood as a decorative feature only.
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- stones larger or better shaped, than those of which a wall is composed, used to form the corners of walls or door and window openings.
QUOINS
Decorative corner treatment made of wood or veneer masonry that simulates large rectangular stones.
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quoins - rectangles of stone or wood used to accentuate and decorate the corner of a building
rafter - framing member supporting the roof
repointing - removal of old mortar from joints of masonry construction and filling in with new mortar ...
Quoins - Finished stones that construct the corner of a building.
Rotunda - Domed building, circular in plan, such as the Pantheon.
Spina - The center strip running down the middle of a circus.
Quoins - Units of cut stone or brick used to accentuate the vertical corners of building
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smooth-cut quoins
quoin, coign, coigne [kwɔɪn kɔɪn]
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Quoin: Quoins are ornamental features used at the corners of Georgian (also, less frequently, Federal and Greek Revival) houses.
Features a hipped roof and quoins.
22. Alexandria, VA. Two-thirds Georgian row houses (or simply "half-Georgians").
23. Deerfield Village, MA. John Wilson Printing Office.
24. Deerfield Village, MA. Dwight House, c.1754, moved from Springfield, MA.
Quoins, belt course
Garlands, floral ornament
Pilaster
The Adam or Federal house plans style was the dominant style in the United states around the period of 1780-1820's.
While there are generally quoins on a Georgian building, they are often brick and help to square the corners. The quoins on this building are decorative and made from finely cut ashlar. A simple stone band separates the first from the second floor.
glacial quoins. Also called frost-work.GlacisArtificial slope extending out and downwards from the parapet of a fort.Glazing barsWooden or metal bars separating and supporting window panes.
Ashlar. Large square block of stone usually used as quoins on the outer corners of buildings decorated with rustication.
dressings: blocks of stone that have been cut with true plane faces or shaped into quoins or keystones.
Dressings - Finely worked (moulded or carved) stones, mouldings or decoration, as prominent and decorative door and window surrounds and as quoins at the angles.
Bossages are also rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the surface of the building, by reason of indentures, or channels left in the joinings; used chiefly in the corners of buildings, and called rustic quoins.
Horizontal stone banding between floors
Segmental pediments
Ornately-carved stone window trim varying in design at each story
Smaller square windows on top floor
Quoins (large stone blocks at the corners) ...
mean that it would not be possible to build houses solely out of stone, thus the mud plaster and mortar here perform a structural function whilst the stone is used for strength. In many Timbuktu houses exposed limestone is used for corner quoins and ...
 See also: Quoin, Architecture, House, Classical, Ornament
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