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Coursed masonry construction arranges units in regular courses. Oppositely, coursed rubble masonry construction uses random uncut units, infilled with mortar or smaller stones. [1] If a course is the horizontal arrangement, then a wythe is a continuous vertical section of masonry [2] one unit in thickness. A wythe may be independent of, or ...
Rubble masonry or rubble stone is rough, uneven building stone not laid in regular courses. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It may fill the core of a wall which is faced with unit masonry such as brick or ashlar . Some medieval cathedral walls have outer shells of ashlar with an inner backfill of mortarless rubble and dirt.
St. Luke's is located on the west side of North Main Street (US 7), north of the present village center of Lanesborough. The area where it stands was historically the town's center. The church is a single-story masonry structure, built out of coursed rubble stone.
Stone blocks used in masonry can be dressed or rough, though in both examples corners, door and window jambs, and similar areas are usually dressed. Stonemasonry utilizing dressed stones is known as ashlar masonry, whereas masonry using irregularly shaped stones is known as rubble masonry. Both rubble and ashlar masonry can be laid in coursed ...
In 1950 it was demolished, leaving part of a corridor link with the chapel, and the laundry building containing some masonry of 1773 and 1800. [21] The 1858 chapel is a B-listed building. [22] and is described thus: "Early pointed, bull-faced coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. East apse, south aisle, north-west tower with slated spike spire.
Rubble-work on Wyggeston's Chantry House in Leicester, built c. 1511 "Rubble-work" is a name applied to several types of masonry. [1] One kind, where the stones are loosely thrown together in a wall between boards and grouted with mortar almost like concrete, is called in Italian "muraglia di getto" and in French "bocage". [1]
The building is made from coursed rubble and measures 62.5 by 39.5 feet (19.1 by 12.0 m) in size. [2] The building has been extensively re-fenestrated during its history, but retains some internal medieval features. [4] It was originally built as part of a line of fortifications defending the north shore of the Firth of Forth. [5]
It had a single span, 13 feet long, and was constructed in 1889. It was constructed of coursed rubble masonry. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1] Sometime after listing, the bridge was replaced with a concrete bridge span.