Lime-based mortars are flexible and pervious, allowing for shifts in older foundations and structures and facilitating the movement of moisture in and out walls. This malleability is paramount to ...

An old technology could help Hobkirk parish church survive into the future Hobkirk parish church stands just outside Bonchester Bridge in the Scottish Borders. It is a matter of yards from the Rule ...

Lime is the principal binder of most traditional mortars, plasters and renders and is used in all historic building conservation and renovation projects in some form or another. The world of lime is a ...

There are two basic types of brick: place bricks are used on internal walls and the inner faces of external walls while stock bricks, which are of better quality, are used for facing work. Most bricks ...

Hobkirk parish church stands just outside Bonchester Bridge in the Scottish Borders. It is a matter of yards from the Rule Water, a matter of miles from the Border. The minister here, the Reverend ...