Rubble masonry

Rubble masonry is rough, unhewn building stone set in mortar, but not laid in regular courses.[1] It may appear as the outer surface of a wall or may fill the core of a wall which is faced with unit masonry such as brick or ashlar.

See also

  • Snecked masonry - Masonry made of mixed sizes of stone but in regular courses.

Gallery

References

  1. A Dictionary of Architecture, Fleming, Honour, & Pevsner
Stonemasonry
Types
  • Ashlar
  • Rustication
  • Carving
  • Dry stone
  • Letter cutting
  • Masonry
  • Monumental
  • Rubble
  • Sculpture
  • Slipform
  • Snecked
Materials
  • List of stone
  • Artificial stone
  • Brick
  • Cast stone
  • Decorative stones
  • Dimension stone
  • Fieldstone
  • Flagstone
  • Gabion
  • Granite
  • Grout
  • Marble
  • Mortar
  • Sandstone
  • Slate
Tools
  • Angle grinder
  • Bush hammer
  • Ceramic tile cutter
  • Chisel
  • Diamond blade
  • Lewis (lifting appliance)
  • Non-explosive demolition agents
  • Plug and feather
  • Stonemason's hammer
  • Straightedge
Techniques
  • Brickwork
  • Flaming
  • Flushwork
  • Knapping
  • Polygonal masonry
  • Repointing
  • Scabbling
  • Tuckpointing
Products
  • Castle
  • Hardstone carving
  • Headstone (Footstone)
  • Mosaic
  • Sculpture
  • Stone wall
  • Machicolation
Organizations
  • International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
  • Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland
  • Mason Contractors Association of America
  • Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association
  • Worshipful Company of Masons


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