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A '''newel''' is the upright post about which the steps of a circular [[staircase]] wind. It is sometimes called a solid newel in distinction from a hollow newel, which is really no newel at all, with the stairs being supported at the walls.
In stairs having straight [[flight]]s, it is the principal post at the foot of a [[staircase]] or the intermediate posts in the center, but never the ones at the [[landing]]s.
In historic homes, the house plans were placed in the newel upon completion of the house before the newel was capped.{{Fact|date=June 2007}}
==References==
*[http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/data/d0008873.html Dictionary of difficult words]
== External links ==
* [http://www4.bfn.org/bah/a/DCTNRY/n/new.html Newel post]
[[Category:Architectural elements]]
[[Category:Stairways| Newel]]
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