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Randylyon at 05:06, 1 December 2015

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	[[Image:quoins.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|]]QUOINS. Quoins are cornerstones of brick or stone walls. Quoins give the impression of strength and firmness to a building. Rough-finished or rusticated masonry is also used for foundation layers of buildings to give the same impression. If structural, quoins are usually part of load bearing walls. If decorative, they may be made of brick, stone and wood.		[[Image:quoins.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|]]QUOINS. Quoins are cornerstones of brick or stone walls. Quoins give the impression of strength and firmness to a building. Rough-finished or rusticated masonry is also used for foundation layers of buildings to give the same impression. If structural, quoins are usually part of load bearing walls. If decorative, they may be made of brick, stone and wood.

	The most common form of decorative use for a quoins uses an alternative pattern of rectangles that wrap around the wall, mimicking the pattern of stone blocks or brick as they would wrap around a corner and join the two walls. In [[GEORGIAN REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE]], wooden quoins were used to suggest stone~~, and therefore permanence~~.		The most common form of decorative use for a quoins uses an alternative pattern of rectangles that wrap around the wall, mimicking the pattern of stone blocks or brick as they would wrap around a corner and join the two walls. In [[GEORGIAN REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE]], wooden quoins were used to suggest stone.

	[[Category: Architecture]]		[[Category: Architecture]]

Randylyon at 03:44, 2 June 2009

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	QUOINS. Quoins are cornerstones of brick or stone walls. Quoins give the impression of strength and firmness to a building. Rough-finished or rusticated masonry is also used for foundation layers of buildings to give the same impression. If structural, quoins are usually part of load bearing walls. If decorative, they may be made of brick, stone and wood.		[[Image:quoins.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|]]QUOINS. Quoins are cornerstones of brick or stone walls. Quoins give the impression of strength and firmness to a building. Rough-finished or rusticated masonry is also used for foundation layers of buildings to give the same impression. If structural, quoins are usually part of load bearing walls. If decorative, they may be made of brick, stone and wood.

	The most common form of decorative use for a quoins uses an alternative pattern of rectangles that wrap around the wall, mimicking the pattern of stone blocks or brick as they would wrap around a corner and join the two walls. In [[GEORGIAN REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE]], wooden quoins were used to suggest stone, and therefore permanence.		The most common form of decorative use for a quoins uses an alternative pattern of rectangles that wrap around the wall, mimicking the pattern of stone blocks or brick as they would wrap around a corner and join the two walls. In [[GEORGIAN REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE]], wooden quoins were used to suggest stone, and therefore permanence.

	[[Category: Architecture]]		[[Category: Architecture]]

Randylyon at 03:40, 2 June 2009

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	QUOINS. Quoins are cornerstones of brick or stone walls. Quoins give the impression of strength and firmness to a building. Rough-finished or rusticated masonry is also used for foundation layers of buildings to give the same impression. If structural, quoins are usually part of load bearing walls. If decorative, they may be made of brick, stone and wood.		QUOINS. Quoins are cornerstones of brick or stone walls. Quoins give the impression of strength and firmness to a building. Rough-finished or rusticated masonry is also used for foundation layers of buildings to give the same impression. If structural, quoins are usually part of load bearing walls. If decorative, they may be made of brick, stone and wood.

	The most common form of decorative use for a quoins uses an alternative pattern of rectangles that wrap around the wall, mimicking the pattern of stone blocks or brick as they would wrap around a corner and join the two walls. In [[GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE]], wooden quoins were ~~most often~~ to suggest stone, and therefore permanence.		The most common form of decorative use for a quoins uses an alternative pattern of rectangles that wrap around the wall, mimicking the pattern of stone blocks or brick as they would wrap around a corner and join the two walls. In [[GEORGIAN REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE]], wooden quoins were used to suggest stone, and therefore permanence.

	[[Category: Architecture]]		[[Category: Architecture]]

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2009-06-02T03:39:52Z

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QUOINS. Quoins are cornerstones of brick or stone walls. Quoins give the impression of strength and firmness to a building. Rough-finished or rusticated masonry is also used for foundation layers of buildings to give the same impression. If structural, quoins are usually part of load bearing walls. If decorative, they may be made of brick, stone and wood.

The most common form of decorative use for a quoins uses an alternative pattern of rectangles that wrap around the wall, mimicking the pattern of stone blocks or brick as they would wrap around a corner and join the two walls. In [[GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE]], wooden quoins were most often to suggest stone, and therefore permanence.

[[Category: Architecture]]