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Features / Walls, arches & windows

Walls, arches & windows

Rustication

Masonry with deep-cut joints or rough "rock-faced" blocks, so the wall looks massive. Rock-faced stone in two colours marks Richardsonian Romanesque.

Where to look
Run a hand along the joints (where allowed): deep channels or rough bulging faces.
Styles
On the drawings
Not marked on the drawings.

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Cross-section of a vaulted building with a nave, two aisles and flying buttresses. Each label links to its feature. NAVE AISLE AISLE RoofPinnacleFlying buttressButtressAisleRib vaultClerestoryTriforiumArcadePierNave
Cross-sectionFor orientation: Rustication is not drawn here.