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Architectural detail Charles Bishop 07-09-2008
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Posted by Charles Bishop on July 9, 2008, 9:43 am
I need the name for an architectural detail, and my memory won't kick in.


It's a horizontal element on the facade, running across the front of the
building, about two feet below the top of the facade. It's two separate
wood pieces that form a triangle in cross section and protrude from the
exterior abut 3", sort of like

____ top of building
facade |
|
/| interior
\|
|
~

"stringcourse" is the closest I can come to it, but this is only for brick, yes?

Any help would be apreciated


--
charles

Posted by tbasc@bellsouth.net on July 9, 2008, 4:15 pm
On Jul 9, 9:43=A0am, ctbis...@earthlink.net (Charles Bishop) wrote:
> I need the name for an architectural detail, and my memory won't kick in.
>
> It's a horizontal element on the facade, running across the front of the
> building, about two feet below the top of the facade. =A0It's two separat=
e
> wood pieces that form a triangle in cross section and protrude from the
> exterior abut 3", sort of like
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ____ top of building
> =A0 =A0 =A0facade =A0 |
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 |
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0/| =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 interior
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0\|
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 |
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ~ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
>
> "stringcourse" is the closest I can come to it, but this is only for bric=
k, yes?
>
> Any help would be apreciated
>
> --
> charles

Belt Course is the equivalent of String Course.
In the location you describe, It might be part of a cornice.
T

Posted by on July 9, 2008, 5:12 pm
frieze band?,........ or frieze board?,........




Posted by ++ on July 9, 2008, 5:52 pm


gary@gjmaia.com wrote:
> frieze band?,........ or frieze board?,........
>

Nope. A freize course is always somewhat flat at its front, although it
itself might have beaded borders or be figured or unfigured.

What he describes is like a crown molding, only for facades, i.e. its
profile is the same top and bottom and there is always brick or stone
between the cornice, however complex, and this molding. I actually
called mine a string course when I had an 1868 replicated at a lumber
place and the guy who hand made the profile knew what I was talking
about. It probably has a name, though.
>
>
>
>


Posted by HVS on July 10, 2008, 3:36 am
On 09 Jul 2008, ++ wrote

>
>
> gary@gjmaia.com wrote:
>> frieze band?,........ or frieze board?,........
>>
>
> Nope. A freize course is always somewhat flat at its front,
> although it itself might have beaded borders or be figured or
> unfigured.
>
> What he describes is like a crown molding, only for facades,
> i.e. its profile is the same top and bottom and there is always
> brick or stone between the cornice, however complex, and this
> molding. I actually called mine a string course when I had an
> 1868 replicated at a lumber place and the guy who hand made the
> profile knew what I was talking about. It probably has a name,
> though.

My guess is that although it might have a specific name that we're
not remembering, anyone in the building or architectural fields would
know what was meant if you called it a string course.

--
Cheers, Harvey
Architectural and topographical historian



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