Moore said it comes down to the lintel, the arch's "spanning feature," or the volume of unsupported rock. "Those that can, by chance of luck, form into these strong lintels, they survive a longer ...

One day last week, Keeler held up a chunk of the lintel arch that fell off the bell tower in 2018. Repairs were made to prevent other pieces from falling off. This particular section of lintel is ...

Prior to that time these openings would have at least a carved flat stone lintel, or an ornate brick arch. All this changed in the early 60s with the advent of the "combination lintel".

Another indicator of early nineteenth construction are the brick jack arch lintels [Figure 3] over the windows. Another indicator of the house's early 19th century origins are the bricks themselves.

These windows were connected together by repeating brick arch lintels, which was typically found in Romanesque Revival architecture. The central pavilion was flanked by wings that were two bays wide.

Lintels can be a good case to illustrate. In the past, the support above any opening like a door, called as lintel, was achieved by stone, wood, door frame itself or totally avoided by having an arch.