oriels

Although the revived style was largely used for private country houses, Scottish architects or perhaps their clients liked to incorporate crenel­l­ations, turreted bartisans, oriels and hewn stone in public buildings as well.

Archive 2009-05-01 Hels 2009

Although the revived style was largely used for private country houses, Scottish architects or perhaps their clients liked to incorporate crenel­l­ations, turreted bartisans, oriels and hewn stone in public buildings as well.

Inverness Town House - Victorian public architecture Hels 2009

And there, the chamber was set about not with colored oriels, but win­dows open onto the skies, looking out over the seas in every direction.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

What startled him even more were the windows, walkways, oriels, pentlces, stairways, and turrets that were built on or hewn from trunks and limbs.

Night Arrant Gygax, Gary 1987

Sunlight lay in gold bars across the dark trellis ironwork of the stairs; the murmur of the crowd was loudening as I neared the ring of oriels.

The 9th Directive Hall, Adam 1966

No optical lens of whatever magnification could define detail inside the ring of oriels.

The 9th Directive Hall, Adam 1966

The oriels formed a ring round the temple and there was a gallery inside, and he could move round within a hundred and eighty degrees if he had to.

The 9th Directive Hall, Adam 1966

I had reached that part of the gallery that faced Lumpini Park, and had to move round past five oriels before coming to the one that was directly opposite the condemned building.

The 9th Directive Hall, Adam 1966

I had therefore to concentrate on the ring of oriels.

The 9th Directive Hall, Adam 1966

The sunlight struck in from the oriels and for a moment blinded me.

The 9th Directive Hall, Adam 1966