Door frame
A door frame, window frame, door surround, window surround, or niche surround is the architectural frame around an aperture such as a door or window.
This may consist of separate pieces including jambs (side pieces) and lintel (top piece). A doorway may include side lights and/or a transom beside or above the door; the framing around the door and these may be considered to be part of one door frame or may better be termed a door surround.
The architectural term "surround" generally refers to a larger area around a doorway or window which provides a larger framing. One elaborate kind of door surround is the Gibbs surround, which is a type of banded "rusticated" architectural frame surrounding a door, window or niche in the tradition of classical architecture.
The term surround may be used to refer to just an ornamental border which encircles the sides and top of a door frame,[1] or it may refer to the entire structure around a doorway.[2]
A Palladium window is a particular kind of window surround structure including a central window and two side windows; this is an element of English Regency architecture.
See also
References
- ^ "Door surround". Dictionary of Architecture, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., cited in Free Dictionary.
- ^ "Door surround". McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction, cited in Free Dictionary.
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