In architecture, a modillion is an ornate bracket, more horizontal in shape and less imposing than a corbel. They are often seen underneath a cornice...
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style as well as in the vocabulary of classical architecture, such as the modillions of a Corinthian cornice. The corbel arch and corbel vault use the technique...
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Glossary of architecture (redirect from Uncut modillion)
on or near a mosque, that is used by the imam to give the prayer call. Modillion An enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice...
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cornice is typically decorated by dentils (little teeth) or the larger modillions. The soffit, or horizontal space under a projecting cornice, may be elaborately...
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voussoirs, and the round arch has a keystone with a mask. Above is a deep modillion eaves cornice and four ball finials. The gates are in wrought iron, and...
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26442 (High Scale Farmhouse) c. 1660 The farmhouse is in stone with eaves modillions and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, four bays, and a stair...
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room from Pembroke House. It features a decorative plaster ceiling with modillion cornicing. There is an Ionic columned and pilastered framed alcove and...
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front, with a stone slate roof. The street front has two storeys quoins, modillion eaves, and stone gable coping. There are three bays, and a later bay to...
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rusticated stone plinth, with stone dressings, quoins, a floor band, a modillion cornice with a band, a parapet and a hipped slate roof. There are three...
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physician. It has a cavetto between its first and second stories, with modillions at each end. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places...
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dressings, a modillion eaves cornice, and a brick parapet. There are three storeys and five bays, the middle bay projecting slightly under a modillion open pediment...
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for other purposes, it is in whitewashed red brick, on a plinth, with a modillion cornice, a balustraded parapet, and a hipped slate roof. There are two...
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includes oval dining and drawing rooms, three storeys and a basement with modillion, cornice and balustrading above. The porch is built with entablature and...
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a gable at the center of the roof, which is fully pedimented and has modillions lining its outline. An entrance is located in the center of the main five...
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the cyma reversa, the dentils, the ovolo, the modillions, the fascia, and the cyma recta. The modillions are ornate brackets, similar in use to dentils...
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middle bay with a parapet. The central doorway has a depressed arch, a modillion cornice and a shaped hood. To its right is a bay window, the other windows...
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decorations, a fanlight and sidelights on the front door, a cornice with a modillion, and Adamesque ornaments. In addition, the house was the first residence...
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which are sashes, have stone architraves. At the top of the building is a modillion cornice and a shallow pediment. II Walls, gates and gate piers, Fence...
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limestone. It has a porch with two Ionic columns, a pulvinated frieze, a modillion cornice and a pediment. The door has panels of eight raised lozenges in...
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clapboarded exterior. Corner pilasters rise to a shallow entablature, with modillion blocks in the eaves. The side gable ends are pedimented, with half-round...
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whitewashed render with some stone, on a brick plinth, with chamfered quoins, a modillion cornice, and a slate roof with a stone coped right gable. There are two...
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pilasters. Above the ninth story is a large copper cornice with coffers, modillions, and large brackets with foliate decorations. There is a balcony above...
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chalk on a plinth, with quoins, a chamfered plinth band, a floor band, a modillion eaves course, and a concrete pantile roof with shaped kneelers and coped...
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floor are sashes, in the upper floor they are casements, and above is a modillion eaves cornice. On the returns are shaped gables, and on the entrance front...
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a basement with bays on either side and balconies above. It features modillion cornice and balustrading above and cast-iron balustrades on the second...
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lintels and keystones, and at the top of the building is a frieze and a modillion cornice. 9 Bridge Street and Row 53°11′24″N 2°53′29″W / 53.19003°N 2...
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offices, in stone on a plinth, with chamfered quoins, floor bands, a modillion main cornice, and slate roofs with a single coped gable. There are three...
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are paired in the centre, and have pilasters, blocked fanlights, and a modillion cornice on brackets. To the right is a casement window, and the other...
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referred to as "lion heads") are frequently employed as water spouts on the modillions, or consoles, of the Corinthian Order. The Tower of the Winds in Athens...
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Andrew's Road) — 18th or early 19th century The building is in stone with a modillion eaves cornice and a stone slate roof, catslide at the rear. There are...
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