Quoin

Bill knows the oddest words.  We were walking home one day, through  a street of council houses.  None were particularly wonderful, mostly having front doors that were right on the pavement and windows at eye level to the pedestrian world.  I did remark that the ones on the other side of the road were slightly nicer, but the differences were quite subtle.  As we walked we began to notice the small design features that lifted a block of housing a bit.  Bill remarked that even the depth of a window sill could make a difference and he was right.

Then we came to the corner and I said I liked the brick work.  He said they were coins.  Like the money.  I looked for the term but couldn't find it, however I did find quoin. 

On the other hand, if you look at the origin of the word coin, as in money, it comes from Old French, coigne "a wedge, cornerstone," coigne.  Turns out it's spelled coign, (or quoin) not coin.  But he could be forgiven, after all I found it in the 'dictionary of difficult words.'

However it's spelled, I like the effect, and I'm guessing this house's owners do too, as they have emphasised it with a bit of lovely green colour.  Do you?