Greetings fellow dialists,
The topic of conservation is not much touched upon in the sundial list.
I am currently interested in the conservation of a sandstone church
dial. Several local church dials, some very old, have be conserved by
experienced and professional stonemasons but they have used cement for
pointing and so on.
Recently a stonemason told me that this was wrong and that for stonework
lime mortar should be used. Lime mortar has been in use since at least
Roman times and yet it is only now that I have been told that it is more
suitable than cement for stone repair. Can anyone say how long this
information has been about and how valid is it?
A second lesser point: conservation of dials on English parish churches
seems to be undertaken by stonemasons who live many miles away while
competent local stonemasons are overlooked. Is there some kind of
ecclesiastical list of acceptable people who get the work?
Frank
55N 1.5W
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