Monthly Archives: January 2011

A simple lime plaster cornice

Posted on January 5, 2011 by byrnesurfaces

This is in a National Trust property in Gloucestershire, UK. The building is a summer house and tends to be damp in the winter, for this reason I decided to fashion this cornice from lime plaster in situe rather than … Continue reading →

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The Gate House

Posted on January 2, 2011 by byrnesurfaces

A Gate House by the side of a moat. A one room building 4 metres x 4 metres built of Blue Lias limestone. It was in a sorry state with the roof gone and the crenellated parapet in a precarious … Continue reading →

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