1st Edition

The History of Gauged Brickwork

By Gerard Lynch Copyright 2007
478 Pages
by Routledge

478 Pages
by Routledge

464 Pages
by Routledge

This book takes a look at the history and use of cut, rubbed and gauged brickwork; the use of tools and equipment and the differences between historic and contemporary bricks with a view to inform conservation and restoration decisions. The book uses case studies from England, Ireland and the US to illustrate the use of different materials and techniques on buildings ranging in age. Written by... Read more
Medieval and Tudor brickwork; Jacobean and Pre-restoration Period; Post-restoration to the Georgian Period; The Georgian Period; The Victorian and Edwardian Periods; 1918 to the present; References; Bibliography

Biography

Gerard Lynch

"Gerard Lynch's new book is characteristicall sound and informative and three-stranded; a work of great scholarship and sound technology which informs the practical business of conservation and repair"
Professor John Ashurst - from Foreword.