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PAYE - A GLOSSARY OF TERMS

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G

gable

 

 

 

 

The triangular upper portion of a wall at the end of a pitched roof.

gablet

 

 

 

 

A decorative motif in the form of a small gable.

galleting

 

 

 

 

Small pieces of stone or flint in the face of joints.

gargoyle

 

 

 

 

Projecting masonry feature possibly forming a water spout.

Gothic

 

 

 

 

Term for a period of architecture based on the pointed arch.

gothic coping

 

 

 

Coping with roll top, weathered and moulded.

granite

 

 

 

 

Acid, igneous, plutonic rock.

 

 

greensand

 

 

 

Sandstone coloured with glauconite.

 

gritstone

 

 

 

 

Sandstone with angular, usually coarse grains.

groin

 

 

 

 

The intersection between two vaults.

 

grout

 

 

 

 

Liquid mortar fed into a wall to fill voids.

 

guttae

 

 

 

 

Small projections carved below the tenia under each triglyph on Doric architrave.

 

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