Cornice: A moulded feature which forms a join between the top of a wall and a roof, or the top of a feature such as a door or window with the wall. A cornice is typically moulded and can also project from the wall to shed rainwater.

Dentil: Squared blocks (dentils from the Latin for 'tooth') spaced evenly along another feature (such as a cornice).

Dripmould: Horizontal stretches of moulding projecting from the side of a building. These are designed to prevent rainwater from running down the wall.

Entablature: Classically, this was a structure across the top of columns or pilasters. However since Victorian times it is has become decorative. It is formed of three segments, the bottom segment is the architrave, the frieze in the middle and the cornice at the top.

Fluting: These are the upright grooves seen in many columns.Hoodmould: Like a dripmould, this is a moulded protrusion set above an feature such as doorway or window to keep rainwater away.