Sentence examples for to stonework from inspiring English sources

The Commission believes that graffiti and damage to stonework are usually the pursuits partaken by young people, noting the number of incidents increases when schoolchildren are on school holidays.

The plan is to plant grass, shrubs and trees and to use stonework to match that of Union Square.

He said due to the damage to the stonework and railing, it was not even safe to swim in the area at high tide.

In 2010 custom-made barriers of glazing panes were attached to the stonework of the cathedral to protect the window.

A wash down can leave a protective coating which helps to keep stonework in good nick for years to come.

A botched 1970s repair to the stonework using sand and cement has led to severe damp and there is significant structural cracking.

Repairs are needed to crumbling stonework, corroded ironwork, rotten window frames and walls sodden from broken gutters.

But it is now known that concrete doesn't interact well with traditional masonry; it's not flexible enough, and its salts have been known to ruin stonework.

The most moving part of the conversion is the preservation of the graffiti left by Russian soldiers when they occupied the building at the end of the second world war: triumphalist messages in cyrillic script, burnt with candle flame on to the stonework.

The roof has been re-slated and some replacement or repair has been carried out to the stonework, harling and guttering.

In the early 20th century Okehampton Castle was bought by a local man, Sydney Simmons, who between 1911 and 1913 cleared away the vegetation that had grown over the castle and conducted some repairs to the stonework.