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2. Finial - Wikipedia

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   A finial (from Latin: finis, end) [1] or hip-knob is an element marking the top or end of some object, often formed to be a decorative feature. [ 2 ] In architecture, it is a small decorative device, employed to emphasize the apex of a dome , spire , tower , roof, or gable or any of various distinctive ornaments at the top, end, or corner of a ...

3. Listed buildings in Welbeck - Wikipedia

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   The middle and outer bays of the main front project under coped gables with orb finials. In the centre is a large carriage entrance with a rusticated surround and a keystone, flanked by vermiculated rusticated pilasters and an entablature with finials. The outer bays contain blind arches with rusticated surrounds and keystones.

4. Temperate House, Kew Gardens - Wikipedia

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   Decorative features made of wood were rotting. It last underwent a major restoration in the early 1980s. The building was restored during 2014–15 by Donald Insall Associates, based on their conservation management plan. [4] There is a viewing gallery in the central section from which visitors are able to look down on that part of the collection.

5. Acanthus (ornament) - Wikipedia

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   Baroque garden vase with acanthuses, by Claude Ballin, 1665, bronze, Gardens of Versailles Baroque acanthuses of a monogram of Louis XIV on the entrance door of the Dôme des Invalides , Paris, by Jules Hardouin-Mansart , 1677–1706 [ 9 ]

6. Listed buildings in Swynnerton - Wikipedia

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   There are two pairs of gate piers with decorative iron railings between them. The outer piers are earlier, and are in stone with moulded caps and ball finials. The inner piers date from the 19th century and are in cast iron with panelled sides, dentilled cornices and ball finials. [12] II: Swynnerton Hall

7. Kalasha (finial) - Wikipedia

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   A kalasha (Sanskrit: कलश, romanized: kalaśa) is a finial, generally in the form of metal or stone spire, used to top the domes of Hindu temples. [2] Kalashas as architectural feature has been used at least before the first millennium BCE and were made of terracotta and wood during this early period.