page_title: Cornice
section_title: Close cornice
hierarchical_section_title: Cornice / In modern domestic architecture / Types / Close cornice
caption_attribution_description: English: An architectural diagram of a close cornice, one which does not project from the wall of the building, showing the wall sheathing, plate, stud, rafter, ceiling joist, shingles, roof sheathing, frieze board, siding, and moulding.
context_page_description: In architecture, a cornice is generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building or furniture element – the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the top edge of a pedestal or along the top of an interior wall. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown, as in crown molding atop an interior wall or above kitchen cabinets or a bookcase.
  A projecting cornice on a building has the function of throwing rainwater free of the building's walls. In residential building practice, this function is handled by projecting gable ends, roof eaves, and gutters. However, house eaves may also be called "cornices" if they are finished with decorative molding. In this sense, while most cornices are also eaves, not all eaves are usually considered cornices – eaves are primarily functional and not necessarily decorative, and a cornice has a decorative aspect to it.
  The projecting cornice of a building may appear to be heavy and hence in danger of falling, particularly on commercial buildings, but often it may be very light, made of pressed metal.
context_section_description: A close, closed, or snub cornice is one in which there is no projection of the rafters beyond the walls of the building, and therefore no soffit and no fascia.  This type of cornice is easy to construct, but provides little aid in dispersing water away from the building and lacks aesthetic value.
caption: A close cornice
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