In
architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...
, a hood mould, hood, label mould (from Latin ''labia'', lip), drip mould or dripstone,
is an external moulded projection from a wall over an opening to throw off rainwater, historically often in form of a ''
pediment
Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape.
Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds.
A pedim ...
''. This
moulding can be terminated at the side by ornamentation called a ''label stop''.
The hood mould was introduced into architecture in the
Romanesque period
Romanesque art is the art of Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic Art, Gothic style in the 12th century, or later depending on region. The preceding period is known as the Pre-Romanesque period. The term was invented by 1 ...
, though they became much more common in the
Gothic period. Later, with the increase in rectangular windows they became more prevalent in domestic architecture.
Styles of hood moulding
File:IMG 0817 - Perugia - Finestra - Foto G. Dall'Orto - 6 ago 2006 - 01.jpg, Circular hood moulding
File:StBeesSchoolMusicBlock.JPG, Rectangular hood mouldings on a rendered Victorian building
File:Mercer House 2017.jpg, Every window of the Mercer House in Savannah, Georgia
Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the Kingdom of Great Br ...
, is crowned with a cast-iron hood moulding
File:Magdalene College SCR Window.jpg, Tudor-style
Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architectur ...
hood mould ending in decorative label stops, Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Ma ...
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