rusticated stone
Stonework, sometimes roughly finished, distinguished by having the joints deeply sunk.
rustication ...
rustication, rusticated Stonework composed of large blocks of masonry separated by wide, recessed joints; often imitated in other materials for decorative purposes.
The exterior finish is rusticated stone. The shuttered windows are either semi-circular or segmental arches. The roof is not intricate, but has gables decorated with vergeboarding (gingerbread).
Walls: Smooth stone, rusticated stone (joints exaggerated
Hipped roof, low pitch or flat, symmetrical roof
Slight eave overhang, boxed with modillions, dentils, or other classical moldings or Slight to wide eave overhang with brackets ...
in a wall or 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 ...
This floor, usually built of rusticated stone, was beneath the larger and grander piano nobile occupied by the employers. Ornate external staircases were built to the front door which was now clearly on the first floor.
Arched, recessed openings
Full entablatures between floors
Columns
Ground floor made of rusticated stone with beveled edges and deeply-recessed joints ...
 See also: Architecture, Rusticated, Floor, Pediment, Classical
  
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