Sentence examples for cornice to from inspiring English sources

There, the plan was to restore a historic stoop and cornice to the 1882 house.

Slow, progressive restoration work has returned the sloping roof and cornice to immaculate condition, whereas the lower section remains shabby and sagging.

On 21 December every year, my mother went out in her hat and coat while my father and I strung up the paper chains, made by me, from the corners of the parlour cornice to the centre light fitting.

Anyway, using the maximum of seven panels, the artist Chuck Close selected those with images ranging from a cherub sitting on a cornice to a tiny man on a scaffolding painting a large orange wall.

The first challenge on the final approach to the summit of Everest was a fairly level ridge of rock some 400 feet (120 metres) long flanked by an ice "cornice"; to the right was the East (Kangshung) Face, and to the left was the Southwest Face, both sheer drop-offs.

The account said that "the owner may (as he has in the past) change the exquisite carving about the windows and cornice to suit his changing mood" and that it was occupied by only a watchman -- "the owner, for reasons of his own, has never cared to reside there," and often lived abroad.

Then we followed a long line of precarious cornices to the summit.

For the Palace Gate house, built in 1876, Emerson incorporated elaborate cornices to complement the floor-to-ceiling windows and large receiving rooms.

Sturdy neo-classical pillars flank a façade that's 17 windows wide, and an elegant stone cornice clings to the roofline.

Professionals in the building field may disagree, but from the sidewalk, the brick, the mortar and the cornice appear to be in good shape.

Above the cornice and to either side of the smaller scenes are an array of round shields, or medaillons.