United Kingdom · Building craft; Conservation; English heritage
Historic Plasterwork Conservation — English Heritage Tradition
The historic plasterwork conservation tradition of English heritage buildings — the repair and conservation of the ornamental lime plasterwork found in historic English interiors (country houses, civic buildings, and cathedrals), using the traditional hot-lime putty and hair-reinforced plaster techniques. The conservation plasterer reads the correct lime putty set through a thumb-impression-and-return assessment — the same material moisture quality assessment principle as the Engadin sgraffito (CRAFT-1301) but applied to lime putty at a much coarser and slower-setting scale.
Risk level: Endangered · Not listed; English historic plasterwork conservation on the UK national heritage inventory
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