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Underside of a groin vault showing the arris. In architecture, an arris is the sharp edge formed by the intersection of two surfaces, such as the corner of a masonry unit; [1] the edge of a timber in timber framing; the junction between two planes of plaster or any intersection of divergent architectural details.
Turret (highlighted in red) attached to a tower on a baronial building in Scotland. In architecture, a turret is a small circular tower, usually notably smaller than the main structure, that projects outwards from a wall or corner of that structure. [1]
Engaged columns embedded in a side wall of the cella of the Maison Carrée, Nîmes, France, unknown architect, 2nd century. An engaged column is an architectural element in which a column is embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall, which may or may not carry a partial structural load.
Inglenook in the Blue Bedroom of Stan Hywet Hall, Summit County, Ohio. An inglenook or chimney corner is a recess that adjoins a fireplace.The word comes from "ingle", an old Scots word for a domestic fire (derived from the Gaelic aingeal), and "nook".
Some are structural, providing strength for a wall made with inferior stone or rubble, [2] while others merely add aesthetic detail to a corner. [3] According to one 19th-century encyclopedia, these imply strength, permanence, and expense, all reinforcing the onlooker's sense of a structure's presence.
Pinnacles, studded with crockets, on King's College Chapel, Cambridge.. A pinnacle is an architectural element originally forming the cap or crown of a buttress or small turret, but afterwards used on parapets at the corners of towers and in many other situations.
A general dictionary defines tourelle as "a small tower (as one springing from corbeling or pier)". [1] An architectural dictionary defines it more specifically as a "corbelled turret, circular in plan, cone-roofed, sometimes containing a circular stair, set at the angle of a tower or wall at high level, and common in Scottish-Baronial ...
Two former doorways in the south-west corner of the house have been filled with orange bricks. [1] The core contains seven rooms laid out on either side of an L-shaped corridor, which runs from a vestibule at the main entrance to a central hall before turning north-west to the rear of the house. The principal reception rooms overlook the river ...