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Summer piece - a decorative piece, probably made of steel for lightness, that could be placed in front of the grate when not in use
Illustration: River Lea
Surround - an encircling border or decorative frame ...
Bressummer
A large, horizontal beam supporting the wall above, especially in a jettied building....
Brise soleil ...
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^ Summerson, John (1941) printed in Heavenly Mansions 1963, p. 217
^ ibid, quoted by Summerson
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In the summer of 1905, Matisse and Derain painted together at Collioure in "a golden light that eliminates shadows.
sommer or summer
Girder or main "summer beam" of a floor if supported on two storey posts and open below, also called a "bress" or "breast-summer".
Bressummer - A long heavy Lintel across an opening, to carry the wall above. It is generally not used nowadays. It was usually made of Timber
Brick - A rectangular block usually so sized so that it can be easily held in one hand.
Bressummer A beam spanning a wide opening and supporting the superstructure, e.g. across a stairwell. Broken-back roof A roof that changes from a steep straight pitch to a lower pitch without any step.
Gazebo A small summerhouse or pavilion with a view, or a belvedere on the roof of a house.
Glass Block A window type formed by a compilation of small translucent cubes of glass.
The extreme heat of the city in the summer (50 degrees celsius) means that the houses are equipped with airshafts which allow hot air to escape.
Surrounding the peristylium were the bathrooms, kitchen and summer triclinium. The kitchen was usually a very small room with a small counter of sorts and a wood-burning stove.
The Architecture of the American Summer: The Flowering Style of the Shingle Style. New York: Rizzoli, 1989.
Massey, James C., and Shirley Maxwell. "Shingle Vision: The Shingle-style House Then and Now." Old House Journal October 2003: 100-107.
The circular rings evident in the cross section of a trunk, are caused by the contrast of the more open texture of earlywood grown in spring/summer, and latewood grown later in the season. Earlywood is more porous, latewood tougher and more fibrous.
Shingle Style: Shingle Style houses (1880-1900) originated in the upper-class summer resort communities of New England. These large examples are rambling, asymmetrical structures with various gables, porches, towers, etc.
Small balconies, cantilevered eaves offering deep summer shade and arcaded porticos are standard features. Architects designing these houses were clearly after the picturesque. The clients were generally wealthy and well traveled.
Kiosk - A light open pavilion or summerhouse, usually supported by pillars and common in Turkey and Persia. European adaptations are used mainly in gardens, as a band-stands, for example, or for small shops selling news-papers.
Spanish or Mediterranean style house plans are most commonly found in warm climates where the clay tile roofs assist in keeping them cool during the hot summer months.
Gazebo(jocular Latin, ‘I shall gaze'): Ornamental lookout tower or raised summerhouse.
A woody stem of rattan or sugar cane used for wickerwork, seats of chairs, summer furniture, etc.
Canopy
A draped covering of fabric suspended over a piece of furniture and supported by four posts.
Morrisville Boro
see, especially, Summerseat
Yardley Boro
see, especially, Lakeside ...
ARCADE
A roofed walkway, one side composed of a series of arches. An arcade provided a cool place to walk in summertime, was dry in winter, and helped protect adobe walls from direct rainfall.
Asistencia
San Antonio de Pala ...
32 And from the fig tree learn a parable: When the branch thereof is now tender, and the leaves come forth, you know that summer is nigh.
33 So you also, when you shall see all these things, know ye that it is nigh, even at the doors.
285-290
William Rostoker; Elizabeth Gebhard, 'The Reproduction of Rooftiles for the Archaic Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia, Greece,' Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 8, No. 2. (Summer, 1981), pp. 211-2 ...
the whole idea of overlapping the boards is that winter moisture would cause them to swell and seal themselves aginst the winter winds and weather. This was also beneficial for the summer time becasue the heat and dryness would cause the boards to ...
glorietteIn medieval gardens a gloriette was a summerhouse, often in the woods near a castle. It might be used by the ladies to take a meal while watching a hunt.
The system of pipes and gutters on a roof must be imitated; although a single rain-water pipe would be sufficient to deal with a summer shower, in practice pipes are used in sufficient number to carry off the greatest storm.
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