Stonewest. (Specifier's Information).The restoration of Wellington Arch Wellington Arch, also known as Constitution Arch or (originally) the Green Park Arch, is a triumphal arch located to the south of Hyde Park in central London. , including the cleaning, restoration and repointing Repointing is the process of renewing mortar joints in masonry construction. Over time, weathering and decay causes voids in the joints between masonry units allowing the undesirable ingress of water. of the Portland stone elevations, was carried out by Stonewest. It was also necessary to design structural remedies to be as noninvasive as possible: 'stitching' across fractures to columns using stone slithers to bridge the fractures, and drilling about 3m through the entablature entablature (ĕntăb`ləch  r), the entire unit of horizontal members above the columns or pilasters in classical architecture—Greek, Roman or Renaissance. to arrest previous fracture and movement. Much of the restoration work was in re-carving original details including lions' masks, Corinthian capitals and 'egg and dart' cornice cornice (kôr`nĭs), molded or decorated projection that forms the crowning feature at the top of a building wall or other architectural element; specifically, the uppermost of the three principal members of the classic entablature, hence by embellishment. 906 www.arplus.com/enq.html |
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