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Woodturners Services – Wooden Turned Gable End Finials

Gable end finials are a type of wooden roof finial – an architectural feature consisting of a piece of decorative woodwork at the apex of the roof of a house. They are usually turned by woodturners from planed square wooden blanks.

The design of gable end roof finials found on older houses from the 19th and early 20th centuries often incorporates a spike above the square planed part and a ball below.  However, there are an enormous number of variations such as spikes both ends and more modern designs. You could design your own.

Typically, in Victorian and Edwardian houses, they were made of pine but modern replacements are often turned in a hardwood, such as sapele or iroko.

Very large gable end finials are sometimes made up of components joined together, rather than the more usual single piece turning. so the balls and spikes are separate turnings.

Sometimes the gable ends of houses have finials which consist solely of an upper part which may have lead flashing where it goes below the roof line.

Alternatively, some gable end finials are drop finials that come down from the apex of the barge boards, such as the octagonal finial with onion shaped spike shown below.

large softwood gable end finial
wooden gable end finial softwood
hardwood gable end finial 75mm x 75mm
Smaller hardwood gable end roof finial

Various shapes:

Hardwood gable end finials
Matching hardwood gable end finials
Gable end finial, London house
Gable end finial, London house
Set of 5 wooden gable end roof finials
Set of 5 ball end gable finials

 

 

 

 

Outsize gable end finial components
Extra large gable end finial components: spikes
Long bespoke roof finial
Long, thin bespoke roof finial to customer’s design
Octagonal spike roof finials
Octagonal hardwood roof finials
Bespoke modern roof finials
Bespoke modern gable end roof finials
replacement octagonal gable end drop finial
Replacement octagonal gable end drop finial
oak gable end finial
Oak gable end finial
Gable end finial and porch spindles
Gable end finial and porch spindles