DOMINANT FEATURES OF OLD BUILDINGS

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Festoons/ garland

A festive decoration of pendant semi loops with attachments and loose ends, especially a swag of fabric, or representations of such decorations, or decoration in form of a wreath

Festoon: a garland of fruit and flowers.

Bull’s Eye

Round or oval opening; open, louvered or glazed

Roundel Small circular panel or window

Stained glass roundel: Circular disk of stained glass in a leaded window

Roundel windows are often called bull's eye, oculus, oeil-de-boeuf, oxeye or circular light

Some roundels look like the bottom of a bottle

Roundels are found in corners of rectangular doors or window frames.

Rosette/ Rosace A round floral ornament, usually carved or painted.

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Rose windowA large circular medieval window containing tracery disposed in a radial manner

Spire

Any slender pointed construction surmounting a building. Generally narrow octagonal pyramid set above a square tower.

Broached Spire

Octagonal spire surmounted on square tower, the transition between being made by broaches

Spire

There are four spires on each of the two main facades and four more yet to come which will surround the central vault which is not yet complete. Each spire represents an apostle. The statues of the individual apostles can be seen low on the spires and their names are carved in Latin just above the long vertical windows.

Finial Ornament that terminates the point of a

spire, pinnacle, etc.

Pommel

Round finial

Acroterion Ornament at the corner or peak of

the roof

Cupolas Domical roof on a circular base, often

set on ridge of a roof; local version of cupolas is chatris, used in mohatta palace and Hindu Gymkhana Karachi

Tracery

Curvilinear openwork shapes, of stone or wood, creating a patternBar-tracery, branch tracery, fan tracery, etc.

CorbelsIn masonry, a projection or one of a series of projections, each stepped progressively farther forward with height, used to support an overhanging member above

PortalAn impressive or monumental entrance, gate or door, to a building or courtyard, often decorated.

Portico A porch or covered walk consisting

of a roof supported by columns, a colonnaded porch.