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Font
Vessel in a church or chapel for baptismal water, usually of stone or lead.
Fore-building
Structure protecting an entrance.
Forestair
External stair, usually unenclosed.
Formwork
Temporary framing of timber or metal used for casting concrete; also called
shuttering
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Fosse
A defensive ditch.
Four-centred arch
An arch with four arcs, the lower two curving inward more than the upper, with a blunt central point; typical of late medieval English architecture.
Framed building
One in which the structure is carried by a framework – e.g. of steel, reinforced concrete or timber – instead of by load-bearing walls.
Fran
Egham, Surrey
The style of the early French Renaissance (Francis I, king 1515-47), marked especially by an all-over use of small-scale classical ornament.
Frater
The dining hall of an abbey or monastery, traditionally placed in the south range of the
cloister
. Also called a
refectory
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Freestone
Stone that is cut, or can be cut, in all directions.
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