Conservation of Building and Decorative StoneJohn Ashurst, Francis G. Dimes One of the problems which beset the practical conservation of stone buildings is the fragmentation of the disciplines involved. This book, with both volumes now available as one invaluable paperback, brings these disciplines together by the involvement of contributors with different experiences and approaches to the same material. Part one is an introduction to the complexities and background history of stone conservation followed by the most comprehensive description yet produced of the building and decorative stones used in the British Isles. In part two, practitioners involved in stone conservation describe ways in which major structural masonry problems, secondary building problems and different stone surface conditions may be treated. A variety of building types and environments has been used to ensure that the broad scope of common problems is covered. This second part of the book will be of practical value to art historians, archaeologists, architects, surveyors and engineers, masonry contractors and sculpture conservators in solving problems and in learning to use each other's skills and experience. |
Contents
Ian Bristow | 1 |
Francis G Dimes | 19 |
Francis G Dimes | 37 |
Francis G Dimes | 61 |
Francis G Dimes | 135 |
Francis G Dimes | 150 |
David B Honeyborne | 153 |
Illustrations of weathering and decay phenomena | 179 |
Alejandro Alva Balderrama | 107 |
Keith Blades and John Stewart | 114 |
John Ashurst | 125 |
David B Honeyborne John Ashurst Clifford Price and Keith Ross | 155 |
John Larson | 185 |
John Larson | 197 |
Deborah Carthy | 208 |
Clare Finn | 214 |
Index | 185 |
Part 2 | 194 |
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John Ashurst | 1 |
Ralph Mills | 55 |
David B Honeyborne | 71 |
John Ashurst | 78 |
methods and recognition Peter Hill | 97 |
Keith Taylor Christopher Gradwell and Teresa McGrath ... | 219 |
Limewashing John Ashurst | 229 |
Effects of large numbers of vistors on historic buildings David Honeyborne | 231 |
The use of airabrasive cleaning techniques for stone building surfaces Peter Moss | 237 |
The analytical approach to stone its cleaning repair and treatment Nicola Ashurst and John Kelly ... | 240 |
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