Looking at Buildings

Glossary

Manometer tower: A tower containing a column of water to regulate pressure in water mains. Also called a standpipe tower.
Mansard: A roof of two pitches, the upper one less steep than the lower.
Manse: (chiefly Scots): House of a minister of religion.
Margins: (chiefly Scots): Dressed stones at the edges of an opening. Also called rybats.
Marriage lintel: (Scots): Lintel carved with the initials of the owner and his wife and the date of building work (only coincidentally of their marriage).
Mathematical tiles: Facing tiles with the appearance of brick, most often applied to timber-framed walls.
Matrix: The setting of a brass or other inlaid material.
Mausoleum: Blickling Park, Norfolk
Monumental building or chamber usually intended for the burial of members of one family.
Megalithic: The use of large stones, singly or together.
Megalithic tomb: Massive stone-built Neolithic burial chamber covered by an earth or stone mound.