Marbeleizing with Natural Oil Paints
The stair case to the Noble Floor of the Palazzo Nicolaci, Noto is decorated as if it where marble. With marbleizing to give a veined and mottled appearance. This has recently been restored …
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The iron rich limestone and aggregates of south east Sicily
The iron rich limestone and aggregates of south east Sicily. Colouring the stone, lime mortars and lime renders with a warm patina. In England similar iron rich limestones can be found in the…
The Cathedral Church of Saint Nicolo presents a fine Baroque façade
The Cathedral Church of Saint Nicolo, Noto, Sicily, presents a fine Baroque façade, designed by Architect Francesco Sinatra. Looking at it now we can almost forget the major collapse …
Lime Mortars have always had to with stand extreme weather and seas
Lime Mortars have always had to with stand extreme weather and seas. This photo shows The Castello Maniace, a citadel and castle in Syracuse, Sicily, southern Italy. It is situated at the far…
The beautiful Noto limestone cladding Noto's Baroque Buildings
The beautiful Noto limestone cladding Noto's Baroque Buildings
Beautifully weathered lime render
The church of San Giuseppe dominates the Piazza IX Aprile, next to the clock tower in Taormina, Sicily. The lime rendered façade of Baroque style church with its weathered coatings was…
Brick and Stone Formwork Exposed behind Lime Stucco Render
A picture from 1906 showing the earlier lime stucco render and its detail at the cornice level at the Palazzo Sqroi-Caprino, a 17th century baroque palace, along Corso Umberto in Taormina Sicily…
Lime stucco repairs to capitals
Lime and Plaster of Paris stucco repairs to capitals and repaired cornice work at the Church of the Carmine, Taormina
Lime Stucco Work by Giovanni Bagutti
An image of Fame created by hand from gauged lime plaster by the stuccatori Giovanni Bagutti, circa 1715. This can be found at Wentworth Castle in the Italian staircase which provides one of…
Historic Lime Kiln at Shap
An early 19th Century Lime Kiln at Shap, Cumbria. Built with Snecked drystone rubble walls with visible quoins on battered sides and stands 25 ft high. The central segment-headed hearth is 8…
Use of mobile elevated platforms in Theatres
The installation of load bearing structures by theatres' to carry a mobile elevated platform is a massive step forward which allows the full inspection of the plaster ceilings from below, which…
Repairing clay daub and lime plaster on panels of riven lath and insulating externally with insulated lime renders
Mark Womersley provided help and advice to contractors repairing 16th and 17th century external timber frame infil panels