BAY (ARCHITECTURE)

Series of three bays

Lyme Park, Cheshire, designed by Giacomo Leoni. The main facade is divided by pilasters into a series of 15 bays

A 'bay' is a module in classical or Gothic architecture, the distance between two supports of a vault or the unit of an opening and its framing on a façade.

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