The feature guide
81 parts of a building
Grouped the way you meet them: the layout, the outside, the walls and windows, what is overhead, and the details. Print the field sheet to tick them off on a visit.
Layout
The plan: how the spaces are arranged from the door to the far end.
Outside
Towers, fronts, doors and the supports you see from the street.
Walls, arches & windows
How the walls are opened up, and what holds them.
Roofs, vaults & domes
What is overhead, and how it spans the space.
Ornament & details
The carved, painted and applied finish that dates a building.