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A stepped gable, crow-stepped gable, or corbie step [1] is a stairstep type of design at the top of the triangular gable-end of a building. [1] [2] The top of the parapet wall projects above the roofline and the top of the brick or stone wall is stacked in a step pattern above the roof as a decoration and as a convenient way to finish the brick ...
Dutch gable, gablet: A hybrid of hipped and gable with the gable (wall) at the top and hipped lower down; i.e. the opposite arrangement to the half-hipped roof. Overhanging eaves forming shelter around the building are a consequence where the gable wall is in line with the other walls of the buildings; i.e., unless the upper gable is recessed.
The design of the roof was adapted in 1748 when the original crow-stepped gable with blank arches were replaced by hipped roofs and a pyramidal roof on the tower. [3] The last time the building was altered was in 1843 when a long south wing was added. [3]
The current main building was built by Frederik Wilsbech for Otto Danneskjold-Samsøe in 1774–76. It is a one-story red brick building in Gothic Revival style with Crow-stepped gables. [5] On each side of the building is a three-bay central projection tipped by a Crow-stepped gable.
A gable or facade with a decorative shape characteristic of traditional Dutch architecture. The top of the gable is shaped like a church bell. Coffer A sunken panel in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon that serves as a decorative device, usually in a ceiling or vault. Also called caissons, or lacunar. [15] Colarin or Hypotrachelium
For instance, light-coloured bands were embedded into facades to emphasize this horizontal character. Another common application in Dutch Renaissance architecture, particularly in Amsterdam, was the stepped gable, which was meant to hide the diagonal lines of the gable behind the straight lines of the façade. [2]
A stepped gable crowns each of the three facades. The current structure dates to around 1610, although archeological study has shown that the oldest elements of the house date to the second quartile of the 16th century. The building has rijksmonument (national monument) status. [1] [2]
It does not use "crow-stepped gable" as a term either, and by the way the latter omits mentioning usage in the United States (and I would assume also in Canada), where I have never seen "crow" mentioned. And the 1843 source describes a church having "that peculiarly Scotch feature, the crow-stepped gable." None of these explicitly explain "crow ...