Tourelle (architecture)
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Greenock Sheriff Court
(1869), with corbelled corner turrets (which may be termed "tourelles")A tourelle is a type of
Chateauesque architecture
.
A general dictionary defines tourelle as "a small tower (as one springing from
An architectural dictionary defines it more specifically as a "
Scottish-Baronial architecture".[2]
A distinction may be made between turrets that are atop corner towers going all the way down to the ground, vs. turrets that project out and up. A tourelle is the latter.
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