Glossary
- Attached column
- One that partly merges into a wall or pier.
St George's Hall, Liverpool - Attic
- Small top storey within a roof. Also the storey above the main entablature of a classical fa
- Attic base
- In classical architecture, a type of base used on columns especially of the Ionic type, with two large convex rings joined by a spreading convex moulding.
- Aumbry
- In a church or chapel, a recess or cupboard to hold sacred vessels for the Mass.
- Bag-rubbed pointing
- Pointing (exposed mortar jointing) that is flush at the edges and gently recessed in the middle.
- Bailey
- An enclosure defended by a ditch and palisade, usually as part of a motte-and-bailey castle.
- Balance beam
- (Canals): Beam projecting horizontally for opening and closing lock gates.
- Balconette
- A small balcony or window-guard attached to an individual window.
- Baldacchino
- Free-standing canopy, originally fabric, over an altar. Compare ciborium.
- Ballflower
- Globular flower of three petals enclosing a ball. Typical of the years c. 1300-30, during the Decorated phase of English medieval architecture.
