Beam Ends

Beam Ends, or Exposed Structural Elements. They're all over my block, with many variations, often penetrating the bargeboard/vergeboard/gableboard--whatever, which hangs over the gable's front.




This one is quite shallow, the same depth as the dentil molding(s).





Really they're just end caps, meant to imitate a thru-tenoned look (a technique of wood jointry, popular in furniture making of the time).



These ends are shaped, elaborated, or chamfered.





I know architecture isn't about aesthetics, or isn't only about aesthetics--but damn if this stuff doesn't look great.