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GLOSSARY OF ARCHITECTURAL TERMS RELEVANT TO PUBS
ARCHITRAVE Term used to describe a moulded door or window frame.
ART DECO A style fashionable between the two world wars which
relies on geometrical patterns and sleek lines.
ART NOUVEAU A style repying on flowing lines and sinuous forms, often
based on nature and the human figure. Popular between
1890 and 1914.
ARTS AND
CRAFTS
Late 19th century movement which emphasised the value
of handicraft and good design as against mass-production.
ASHLAR The practice of laying stone in smooth cut (dressed) blocks
in regular courses, separated by thin joints.
BAR BACK Shelving, often ornately treated and incorporating mirrors,
at the rear of a servery. Also known as a back-fitment or
(Scotland and Northern Ireland) a gantry.
BASEBOARD Finish trim where the floor and walls meet.
BASE MOULDING Decorative wooden strip along the top edge of the
baseboard.
BATTEN BOARD Small strip of wood used, for example, to cover the joints
between vertical siding.
BOARD AND
BATTEN
Vertical siding where wood strips (battens) hide the seams
where other boards are joined.
BREWERS TUDOR A style especially popular between the world wars which
drew nostalgically on the half-timbered architecture of the
Tudor period.
CASEMENT
WINDOW
A window that opens by swinging inward or outward like a
door.
CASING The trim bordering the inside or outside of a window or
door.
CLAPBOARD Tapered horizontal boards used as siding, thickest on their
bottom edge; each overlaps the one below. Also known as
weatherboarding.
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CLERESTORY
WINDOW
A window placed in the upper walls of a room, usually at
an angle, to provide extra light.
CORBELLING Decorative projection along the top of a wall (or any
moulded projection of similar form).
COUNTER
SCREEN
Glazed screen on a serving counter, usually with a part
that can be raised or lowered.
COURSE Continuous row of building materials, such as shingle,
brick or stone.
CROWN
MOULDING
A moulding where the wall and ceiling meet.
DADO The lower part of a room-wall when faced or coloured
differently from the upper part.
DADO RAIL A rail or moulding dividing the dado from the upper part.
DORMER The setting for a vertical window in a roof.
EMBOSSED
GLASS
Glass with raised and recessed areas formed by etching
and grinding.
FAIENCE Blocks or slabs of earthenware, glazed after an initial
firing.
FASCIA A horizontal band or board, often used to conceal the ends
of rafters.
GABLE A triangular area of an exterior wall formed by two sloping
roofs
INGLENOOK Space within a fireplace area not occupied by the fire itself.
JUG AND BOTTLE Small section of pub, with a separate entrance from the
street, selling drink for consumption off the premises.
LATTICE A grille created by cris-crossing or decoratively interlacing
strips of material.
LOGGIA An arcaded space, roofed, but open on at least one side,
typically overlooking a garden.
MATCHBOARDING See tongued and grooved boarding.
MODERNE Alternative term for Art Deco.
MULLION
The vertical member separating adjacent windows.
ORIEL WINDOW Bay-window supported on a bracket.
GLOSSARY OF ARCHITECTURAL TERMS RELEVANT TO PUBS
ARCHITRAVE Term used to describe a moulded door or window frame.
ART DECO A style fashionable between the two world wars which
relies on geometrical patterns and sleek lines.
ART NOUVEAU A style repying on flowing lines and sinuous forms, often
based on nature and the human figure. Popular between
1890 and 1914.
ARTS AND
CRAFTS
Late 19th century movement which emphasised the value
of handicraft and good design as against mass-production.
ASHLAR The practice of laying stone in smooth cut (dressed) blocks
in regular courses, separated by thin joints.
BAR BACK Shelving, often ornately treated and incorporating mirrors,
at the rear of a servery. Also known as a back-fitment or
(Scotland and Northern Ireland) a gantry.
BASEBOARD Finish trim where the floor and walls meet.
BASE MOULDING Decorative wooden strip along the top edge of the
baseboard.
BATTEN BOARD Small strip of wood used, for example, to cover the joints
between vertical siding.
BOARD AND
BATTEN
Vertical siding where wood strips (battens) hide the seams
where other boards are joined.
BREWERS TUDOR A style especially popular between the world wars which
drew nostalgically on the half-timbered architecture of the
Tudor period.
CASEMENT
WINDOW
A window that opens by swinging inward or outward like a
door.
CASING The trim bordering the inside or outside of a window or
door.
CLAPBOARD Tapered horizontal boards used as siding, thickest on their
bottom edge; each overlaps the one below. Also known as
weatherboarding.
C7
CLERESTORY
WINDOW
A window placed in the upper walls of a room, usually at
an angle, to provide extra light.
CORBELLING Decorative projection along the top of a wall (or any
moulded projection of similar form).
COUNTER
SCREEN
Glazed screen on a serving counter, usually with a part
that can be raised or lowered.
COURSE Continuous row of building materials, such as shingle,
brick or stone.
CROWN
MOULDING
A moulding where the wall and ceiling meet.
DADO The lower part of a room-wall when faced or coloured
differently from the upper part.
DADO RAIL A rail or moulding dividing the dado from the upper part.
DORMER The setting for a vertical window in a roof.
EMBOSSED
GLASS
Glass with raised and recessed areas formed by etching
and grinding.
FAIENCE Blocks or slabs of earthenware, glazed after an initial
firing.
FASCIA A horizontal band or board, often used to conceal the ends
of rafters.
GABLE A triangular area of an exterior wall formed by two sloping
roofs
INGLENOOK Space within a fireplace area not occupied by the fire itself.
JUG AND BOTTLE Small section of pub, with a separate entrance from the
street, selling drink for consumption off the premises.
LATTICE A grille created by cris-crossing or decoratively interlacing
strips of material.
LOGGIA An arcaded space, roofed, but open on at least one side,
typically overlooking a garden.
MATCHBOARDING See tongued and grooved boarding.
MODERNE Alternative term for Art Deco.
MULLION
The vertical member separating adjacent windows.
ORIEL WINDOW Bay-window supported on a bracket.
