Ringling
House - Table of Contents
Architecture Around the World
West Elevation: Breeze and
Bayfront Foreign Court
John & Mabel Ringling House Museum
5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota FL
Ringling House - Official Website
Photos
taken in April 2024
West
elevation/Breeze
and Bayfront
Foreign Court
is directly behind the facade/east
elevation. The
west elevation faces the The
Bay of Sarasota in the Gulf of
Mexico.
Terra
cotta
balustrade
and house
corner
Geometric marble
floor
Photos below placed from left to right across
the western elevation
Breeze
and Bayfront Foreign Court
Geometric marble
floor
Breeze
and Bayfront Foreign Court
Note The Bay of Sarasota in the Gulf of Mexico (on the
west coast of Florida) at the left
background
Geometric marble
floor
Note the terra
cotta
(?) bench under the windows (shown in next photo
below:
Breeze
and Bayfront Foreign Court
Center
bay:
Court/Parlor
Cornice
topped with finials
Quatrefoil
blind
arcade
Second story stained glass windows (originally from Venice) with ogee and trefoil arches Blind arcade with terra cotta engaged columns Five entrances with Gothic arch surround, fanlights, double doors, and stained glass Six engaged columns Marble steps Seven details below: Center
bay
Cornice
topped with finials
Two lion
heads (imitation gargoyles(?)
) Glazed
terra
cotta frieze
Center
bay
Two
lion
heads (imitation gargoyles(?)
) Glazed
terra
cotta frieze
Quatrefoil
blind
arcade
Second
story stained
glass windows (originally from Venice) with
ogee
and trefoil
arches
Center
bay
Three
second story stained
glass windows (originally from Venice) with
ogee
and trefoil
arches
Blind arcade with terra cotta engaged columns Center
bay
Five
entrances with Gothic
arch surround, fanlights,
double doors, and stained
glass
Marble
steps
Center
bay
Entrance
with Gothic
arch surround, fanlight,
double doors, and stained
glass
Flanking engaged
columns
Center
bay
Engaged
column capital
features
yellow glazed
terra
cotta
modillions
above rams heads,
acanthus
leaves, and
spirals
Dolphin
at right
Belvedere
tower - one of four photos
Belvedere
tower - one of four photos
Belvedere
tower - one of four photos
Belvedere
tower
Terra
cotta
balconet
supported by large modillions
decorated with acanthus
leaves
Top
cornice
Dual bull's
eyes
Terra
cotta finial atop Venetian
arches over
stained
glass windows (originally from
Venice)
Engaged
corner smooth shaft
columns
Terra
cotta
balconet
supported by large modillions
decorated with acanthus
leaves
Left
quoins
decorated with vertical rope
molding
Terra cotta blind
arcade
Terra cotta balustrade
Panels
decorate the newel
post
Geometric marble
floor
Sarasota
Bay
Belvedere
Wrought
iron grills
Ogee/Ventian
arched window with interior trefoil
Modillion-supported
sill
Wrought
iron grill
Ogee/Venetian
arches
Engaged
smooth shaft columns
South
elevation
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