Working in an old victorian right now and while taking a break noticed a pretty cool detail. Every exterior window on the first floor has large carved corbels supporting a board pitched at about a 30* angle just above the head cap (like a mini shed roof), obviously to shield the windows from rain and snow.
Does anyone know what this detail is called?
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Pentroof comes to mind, but I'm not sure this is right for houses. I know it's correct for a barn.
These aren't something that were added after the fact. It is obvious they were part of the original design details. The corbels, with roses carved into the sides, are set into pockets cut into the exterior window casings. The casings are fluted with stop flutes just below the corbels and fluting running past the sides of the corbels.
I have no idea what they may be called, I just wanted to say that they sound like one of those cool details from back when wood and labor were cheap!
House I'm working in presently has 11' cielings and 9' doors . Its nice to carry in a sheet of plywood straight up & down!
Ah the good ole days
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