Caledon Conservation Area Booklet September 2003

The following is a guide to some of the planning
and architecturalterms used in tMs document.
APPLIQU~Cut out material applied to a
surface, in this case letters wed to a fascia.
AUCHITRAW* Refers to the lintel, jambs and
mouldings around a doorway or window. Also
used in classical architecture to describe the
beam or lowest division of an entablature.
ASTRAGAL: A term (esp in Scotland)for a
glazing bar. These (in Georgian windows) should
present a front face of 6mm
AWNING: A projecting coveringto screen parts
of a bulIdmg (inthis case the shop window)
from the sun or rain.
BOLECTION MOULDING: Convex moulding
covering the joint between two &fferent planes
and overlapping the higher as well as the lower
one,especially on paneIling and £heplace
surrounds of the late 17'hand early 18& century.
Occurs also in doors of the Victorian period.
e.g, 'canted corner'- external angle of
a building, at drca 45 degrees to the main wall.
mAt: The moulded or med top of a
column or pilaster which concentrates (or
appears to concentrate) the load on to the shaft
of the column. Often richly ornammted.
CONSERVATlON: 1. The means of protecting
the intrinsic quality of a building, groups of
buildings or of spedfic areas. 2. A building
philosophy, hwhich built structuresare
assumedto live indefinitely, by beingsubject to
regular maintenance,the authentidty being
maintained by small-scaie, in-me,repairs rather
than by replacement of extensive parts.
CONSERVATION AREA: h area, declared by
the Department of the Environment (No,
considered to be of particular architectural or
histotic importance and ~w worthy of
retention. In order to ensure that the character
of such an area is not eroded, future
dwelopmentpropals are normally expected to
conform to a series of policies and controls
prepared by the Departinent.
CONSOLE BRACKET: In classical architecture,
an ornamentat bracket of slight projectionbut of
much patsheight. May sem to support a
cornice above a shop front or exteriat door.
COPED VERGE: An upstanding masonry gable,
weathered with a coping, which closes the end
of a pitched roof.
CORBEL; A projectin& cantilweredblock of
masonxy, suppotting elementsover it. In the
Conservation Area this detail would occur
particularly in eaves and chhnney details. The
projection of the cantilwex could vary greatly.
CORMCE A projecting mouldii, often of
ornate design, along the top of a building
shopfrontor above doan and windows.
CUPOM A diminutivedomed form
DEVELOPMENTCONTROL: The tern given to
the process whereby the planning authority
assesses and determinesplanniug applications.
DOUBLE FROWED: Describes a (frequently
detached) 3 bay butldjng which is symmelxical
about a central doorway.
ENTABLATUlU3 The upper part of an Order of
Architecture above a pilaster, column or
colonnade mmprislngthe architraw, frieze and
cornice. Forms the 'fascia' in a period shopfront.
FACADE: IIIP£aceof a building, towards fhe
meet.
FASCWIWEZE: A broad, flat band or board
often used in the context of shop £rmts.It is
where the name of the shop or its ownm f to
be found.
FENESTRATION: The arrangement of windows
in a building.