sawn scroll work
when the scroll saw was invented many decorative features for homes were made for vergeboards, brackets, tympanums. The term õgingerbreadö often refers to this type of external architectural decoration.
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sawn wood ornament - Curves, scrolls, lace-work ornamentation made with a jig, band or scroll saw. Gingerbread, as it was called in the late 19th-early 20th century, can be seen on bargeboard, gable trim, over doors and windows.
Soft brick sawn roughly, then rubbed to a precise (gauged) surface. Mostly used for door or window openings. Also called gauged brickwork.RubbleMasonry whose stones are wholly or partly in a rough state.
Figure - the pattern revealed on the surface of wood after it has been sawn.
Free stuff - timber with no knots or other imperfections.
Grain - the direction of the fibres which make up the wood in relation to the trunk.
Breaking Down - The first of two stages in conversion of timber, in which the log is sawn into squared flitches
Breaking of seal - The unsealing of traps ...
Palings Broad, split or sawn, upright timbers of a fence, e.g. pickets Panelling The covering of an interior surface with timber, usually as a series of sheets fixed between framing members, ...
Compared with timber framing, a new system of balloon framing with mill-sawn lumber made possible thinner, lighter walls, and thus more flexibility in design.
Large vertical planks or studs that are rough sawn or planed are placed next to each other on a sill at the bottom and either extends to a plate at the top or continues to the roof. Sometimes every 16"-20" a stud is mortised into the sill. (IMAGE) ...
Usually has a lancet window and vergeboard scroll sawn decor. (used in Gothic domestic architecture).
Gabled or hipped - roof windows that are gabled or hipped.
Bargeboard -- A board which hangs from the projecting end of a gable roof covering the end rafters, and often sawn into a decorative pattern.
Bay Window -- A window in a wall that projects at an angle to another wall.
Paling - Thin timber close-boarding split or sawn, fixed to a timber frame to form a fence.
 See also: House, Door, Frame, Brick, Masonry
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