Glossary of Terms
Ashlar: hewed or square stone; also masonry of stone
Bargeboard: the vertical face board following and set back under the roof
edge of a gable, sometimes decorated
Bay: One unit of a building that has similar units; like the number of window
and door openings per floor
Belvedere: an open pavilion built for a view sometimes on top of a building
Bracket: Supporting part of a floor or shelf, or under eaves sometimes in the
shape of an inverted L or sometimes triangular
Capital: top member of a column
Cresting: decorative ridge for a roof
Dormer: a vertically set window on a sloping roof; roofed structure housing
such a window
Eaves: The projecting overhang at the lower edge of the roof
Façade: The face or front of the building
Finial: a form at the top of a spire, gable, gatepost or other point with some
height
Gable: a triangular wall  segment at the end of a gabled roof