{"id":817,"date":"2014-06-24T14:52:15","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T14:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waltonsons.com\/wp\/?page_id=817"},"modified":"2014-09-24T18:56:42","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T18:56:42","slug":"gables-pediments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/waltonsons.com\/?page_id=817","title":{"rendered":"Gables & Pediments"},"content":{"rendered":"

The simplest house form is a single box with a gabled roof.\u00a0 A gable<\/b> is the wall that encloses the end of a roof.\u00a0 It can occur at the side or the front of the box of the house.\u00a0 A gable, therefore, is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a dual pitched roof.\u00a0 A variation of the gable is a crow-stepped gable, which has a stairstep design to accomplish the sloping portion.\u00a0 Masonry gables are frequently done as Crow-stepped gables.\u00a0 (4 examples)<\/p>\n

A pediment<\/b> is the triangular space forming the gable end of a building.\u00a0 Typically, a pediment surmounts a portico of columns.\u00a0 The same form is also used elsewhere in architecture and decoration.\u00a0 A feature similar to a pediment can surmount a door, window, front, or other part of a building.\u00a0 In such cases the pediment is often a gable placed above the horizontal structure of the entablature \u2014 the superstructure of moldings and bands that lie horizontally above columns. Pediments are often seen over doors and entries.\u00a0 They can be straight, curved or broken (notched at the top).<\/p>\n

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