corbel

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Examples of corbel

  • A few corbels of an earlier church and a piece of interlaced carving are preserved in the S. porch. 

  • Fantastic corbels surround the summit of the lateral walls. 

  • The original corbel course of the parapet remains, but not the upper part of the parapet. 

  • The roof was flat, but had been richly gilt and painted, and was sustained by corbels of angels, divinely carved. 

  • You may call it personal magnetism, or natural cordiality, but there are some Christians who have such an ardent way of shaking hands after meeting that it amounts to a benediction. 

  • The joint between two slabs must be placed over one of the corbels.

  • It is possible that part of the north wall did not have masonry, since the corbels that held some vault slabs were resting directly on the bedrock embankment.

  • The other item is a sum, which we consider an outside figure, of £150,000 for widening and corbelling out for the fourth line of traffic.

  • They considered that the footways on either side should be corbelled out so as to provide four lines of traffic in place of the existing three lines.

  • To evoke the impression of a medieval castle, the walls incorporate buttresses, parapets, crenellated moulding, corbelled stonework and crenellated towers flanking its troop door.

  • The 13th-century chancel has a two-light east window of c. 1350, and just north of it is a foliated corbel-capital, of c. 1230.

  • All the balconies are enclosed and set on massive high-relief corbels.

  • The chief timbers of the nave, with its corbels at the south, are probably 14th-century.

  • The arch-braced roof with seven bays is original; its main trusses rest on carved corbels representing grotesque animals.

  • Inside the church high thin trusses are supported by corbels.

  • Corbel is designed to give an uncluttered, clean appearance on screen.

  • On the north side of the third story of the tower, there is a small balcony supported by corbels.

  • A series of beautifully designed projecting corbels and the projecting cornice are also notable; geometric motifs at regular intervals give a beautifying effect.

  • On each side of the east window is a large grotesque corbel painted white.

  • There are four carved wood and plaster corbels supporting the first floor staircase ceiling.

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