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Listed buildings in Muncaster, the Glossary

Muncaster is a civil parish in the Borough of Copeland, Cumbria, England.^[1]

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Anthony Salvin

Anthony Salvin (17 October 1799 – 17 December 1881) was an English architect.

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Ashlar

Ashlar is a cut and dressed stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape.

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A battlement, in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at intervals to allow for the launch of arrows or other projectiles from within the defences.

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Bay (architecture)

In architecture, a bay is the space between architectural elements, or a recess or compartment.

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Bell-cot

A bellcote, bell-cote or bell-cot is a small framework and shelter for one or more bells.

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Belt course

A belt course, also called a string course or sill course, is a continuous row or layer of stones or brick set in a wall.

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Borough of Copeland

The Borough of Copeland was a local government district with borough status in western Cumbria, England.

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Canopy (architecture)

A canopy is an overhead roof or else a structure over which a fabric or metal covering is attached, able to provide shade or shelter from weather conditions such as sun, hail, snow and rain.

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Casement window

A casement window is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges at the side.

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Chamfer

A chamfer is a transitional edge between two faces of an object.

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Chancel

In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building.

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Charles John Ferguson

Charles John Ferguson (usually known as C. J. Ferguson) (1840 – 1 December 1904) was an English architect who practised mainly in Carlisle, Cumbria.

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Church bell

A church bell is a bell in a church building designed to be heard outside the building.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

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Coping (architecture)

Coping (from cope, Latin capa) is the capping or covering of a wall.

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Cornice

In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian cornice meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a pedestal, or along the top of an interior wall.

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Cruck

A cruck or crook frame is a curved timber, one of a pair, which support the roof of a building, historically used in England and Wales.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Eaves

The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building.

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Edwin Lutyens

Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era.

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English country house

An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside.

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English Gothic architecture

English Gothic is an architectural style that flourished from the late 12th until the mid-17th century.

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Gable

A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches.

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Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

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Lake District

The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region and national park in Cumbria, North West England.

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Lintel

A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces.

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Molding (decorative)

Moulding (British English), or molding (American English), also coving (in United Kingdom, Australia), is a strip of material with various profiles used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration.

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Mullion

A mullion is a vertical element that forms a division between units of a window or screen, or is used decoratively.

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Muncaster

Muncaster is a civil parish in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.

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Muncaster Castle

Muncaster Castle is a privately owned castle overlooking the River Esk, about a mile east of the west-coastal town of Ravenglass in Cumbria, England. Listed buildings in Muncaster and Muncaster Castle are Muncaster.

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Muncaster War Memorial

Muncaster War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the parish of Muncaster on the west coast of Cumbria in the far north-west of England. Listed buildings in Muncaster and Muncaster War Memorial are Muncaster.

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National Heritage List for England

The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets.

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Nave

The nave is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel.

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Niche (architecture)

In architecture, a niche (CanE, or) is a recess or cavity constructed in the thickness of a wall for the reception of decorative objects such as statues, busts, urns, and vases.

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Oculus (architecture)

An oculus (oculi) is a circular opening in the center of a dome or in a wall.

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Parapet

A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure.

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Pedestal

A pedestal or plinth is a support at the bottom of a statue, vase, column, or certain altars.

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Perpendicular Gothic

Perpendicular Gothic (also Perpendicular, Rectilinear, or Third Pointed) architecture was the third and final style of English Gothic architecture developed in the Kingdom of England during the Late Middle Ages, typified by large windows, four-centred arches, straight vertical and horizontal lines in the tracery, and regular arch-topped rectangular panelling.

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Pier (architecture)

A pier, in architecture, is an upright support for a structure or superstructure such as an arch or bridge.

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Quoin

Quoins are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall.

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Ravenglass

Ravenglass is a coastal village in that lies between Barrow-in-Furness and Whitehaven, on the estuary of three rivers: the Esk, Mite and Irt. Listed buildings in Muncaster and Ravenglass are Muncaster.

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Roughcast

Roughcast or pebbledash is a coarse plaster surface used on outside walls that consists of lime and sometimes cement mixed with sand, small gravel and often pebbles or shells.

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Rustication (architecture)

Two different styles of rustication in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence; smooth-faced above and rough-faced below Rustication is a range of masonry techniques used in classical architecture giving visible surfaces a finish texture that contrasts with smooth, squared-block masonry called ashlar.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Sash window

A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels, or "sashes".

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Slate

Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade, regional metamorphism.

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St Michael's Church, Muncaster

St Michael's Church is in the grounds of Muncaster Castle, near Ravenglass, Cumbria, England. Listed buildings in Muncaster and St Michael's Church, Muncaster are Muncaster.

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Stucco

Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water.

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Threshing

Threshing or thrashing is the process of loosening the edible part of grain (or other crop) from the straw to which it is attached.

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Tower house

A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation.

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Transept

A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the building.

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Transom (architecture)

In architecture, a transom is a transverse horizontal structural beam or bar, or a crosspiece separating a door from a window above it.

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Vault (architecture)

In architecture, a vault (French voûte, from Italian volta) is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof.

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Victorian restoration

The Victorian restoration was the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria.

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Wattle and daub

Wattle and daub is a composite building method used for making walls and buildings, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called "wattle" is "daubed" with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Muncaster

, Transept, Transom (architecture), Vault (architecture), Victorian restoration, Wattle and daub, Winnowing, Wrought iron, Yale University Press.

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