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The front gable is a "shaped gable", a gable composed of convex and concave gables, with steps between them and a semi-circular top. The voussoirs are pronounced, and there is a large keystone in each flat arch.
A ring around a circular pier or a shaft attached to a pier, typical of the 12th and 13th centuries. Also called an annulet.Shaped gable ...
Built in 1740, the Dutch Colonial Home shown here has a gambrel roof and a salt-box shaped lean-to addition. Later Dutch style buildings became known for their elaborately shaped gables, dormers, and parapets.
 See also: Gable, Brick, Arches, Medieval, Balcony
  
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