Pediment - Architecture of Stoke-on-Trent

pediment n. triangular part crowning the front of a building, esp. over a portico. [from periment, perhaps a corruption of pyramid.

In architecture, triangular gable crowning a portice (area, with a roof supported by columns, leading to the entrance of a building); or a similar form used decoratively over a doorway or window. The pediment was the crowning feature of the Greek temple front.

The Romans adapted the pediment as a purely decorative form to finish doors, windows, and especially niches.

 

The Highland Laddie - Hanley
Wellington Road & Waterloo St photo taken 2000

Example of a pediment on the front of this public house.
Note the smaller and ornate pediments over the doorways.

 

Old George & Dragon - Hanley

Hampton Street  photo taken 1999

Many public houses and schools carried pediments with decoration,
details of the brewery (as here) or the date of building.

on Inns and pubs of Stoke-on-Trent

| Oriel Windows | Cupola | Pediments | Venetian Windows |

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