raking cornice

In the broken pediment the raking cornice is left open at the apex.

It features a steep gable roof with slate shingles and a broad raking cornice.

The pavilion is topped by a pediment above the molded raking cornice which marks the roofline.

The front facade has a projecting extrance portico with pedimented gable and raking cornice.

It has a large pavilion with corbel tables, brick corner pilasters and steeply pitched raking cornice.

A further variant is the "Swan-necked" pediment, where the raking cornice is in the form of two S-shaped brackets.

The exterior walls are finished in wooden clapboarding and display broad plain board corner and frieze trim below the projecting eaves with their raking cornices without returns.

The Gothic pattern is "repeated in the lunette occupying the tympanum of the roof-line pediment above, which also has modillions and Greek fret under the raking cornice.

A variant is the "segmental" pediment, where the normal angular slope of the raking cornice is replaced by one in the form of a segment of a circle, in the manner of a depressed arch.