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They are called the quoins, which merely means the corners.
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Besides the quoins, the sills, lintels, and water table are all sandstone as well.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The front (south) facade is trimmed with limestone quoins, beltcourses and architraves.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Terra cotta also forms the quoins every sixth course on the corner towers up to the small peaked roofs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Even the corners (quoins) are of flint, although these are somewhat larger on the whole than those built into the body of the walls.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The old schoolroom is a plain structure, built of gritstone with quoins at the corners and a slate roof.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The uncrenellated tower is a simple square design with carrstone quoins.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its first four floors are lightly rusticated; deep quoins carry the rusticated feature up the corners to the boldly projecting top cornice.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These motifs included rusticated masonry and quoins, windows framed by architraves and doors crowned by pediments and entablatures.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The windowsills, lintels, and quoins are of limestone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Of the medieval structure, blocked windows, a chamfered doorway and the original north-east angle quoins are all that remains visible now.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The brink basement storey is stuccoed and has stucco quoins of inch projection.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The rough-faced ashlar masonry features contrasting quoins and belt courses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The next course up will begin with aquoinheader.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A fire in 1844 gutted the house, which was rebuilt within its shell of brown sandstone with limestone quoins.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The house is decorated with gray limestone quoins.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Since that time, the house has been significantly altered with much of the original wood details removed, including quoins, and covered with vinyl siding.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is two-storey high and contains an attic, three windows and two dormers as well as grey headers with red brick dressings and quoins.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Headers are used as quoins on alternating stretching courses in order to achieve the necessary off-set.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the 12th floor, the wall is red face brick, with quoins of architectural terracotta at the corners of the building.
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