What is this decorative eaves called?

[u587162]

Hi

Could someone please tell me what the decorative eaves thing is called in this picture. Is it quite expensive to have if I am renovating my property. Does it need to be shown on my front elevation plans for planning permission?



Thanks.

 

[theprinceofdarkness]

I seem to remember that they are called dentils (looks like a row of teeth?). See :- http://architecturaltrust.org/outreach/education/glossary-of-architectural-terms/
Frank

 

[u587162]

Thanks Frank, I think you are right.

Does that style only go with certain period houses and does it require planning approval do you know?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Cost the earth eg http://www.grpfibreglass.co.uk/-Dentils-.html google decorative eaves or as mentioned eaves dentils or similar.

Cheaper to make your own, if you have the time and inclination. You could add them for the planning app but you wouldn't need PP to add them so why bother.

 

[tony1851]

Hi

Could someone please tell me what the decorative eaves thing is called in this picture.

Tat.

 

[u587162]

Is that actually soffits, or facia or something else that is the decorative part?

It does look quite pretty and all the more better if doesn't require planning permission as our architect has already submitted plans.

Would anyone agree that such decoration is more in tune with certain style of period houses i.e. Georgian or Victorian rather than any old detached?

 

[tony1851]

The original justification for having deep- and widely-projecting eaves was so as to form a wide, lead-lined gutter. They were therefore particularly appropriate for large late eighteenth and nineteenth century houses.

But when these features are combined with conventional half-round gutters, as in the pic, they become superfluous.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

The original justification for having deep- and widely-projecting eaves was so as to form a wide, lead-lined gutter. They were therefore particularly appropriate for large late eighteenth and nineteenth century houses.

But when these features are combined with conventional half-round gutters, as in the pic, they become superfluous.

But your original post was correct though tony!

 

[theprinceofdarkness]

That pretty picture is a repro Queen Anne style so its more or less in keeping with a high status building. Around here in Wensleydale, they were fitted to carry wooden half round gutters. Just blocks of limestone on edge sticking out of the wall, - not very high status buildings!, just up from no gutters. I guess they disappeared when cheap Victorian cast gutters were available.
They were probablely derived by carving the ends of the purlins in Elizabethan times, then later, just added as a bit of bling.
Frank