They are brick-built but with no cementroughcast, and they were never meant to be used for human habitation for such a long period.
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Repair of a wall, for example, could cover anything from repairing a small hole in theroughcastto repairing a large crack caused by subsidence.
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The houses may, of course, be expected to have a longer life and lower maintenance costs than brick androughcasthouses.
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It was originallyroughcastto imitate masonry and has a modillion eaves cornice.
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The facade has aroughcastexterior and fluted columns which flank the pedimented entrance.
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It describes an old pub with a two-storey, two-bay elevation and aroughcastexterior.
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It described an old pub with a two-storey, two-bay elevation and aroughcastexterior.
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It is built in three storeys ofroughcastbrick with ashlar dressing and a hipped slate roof.
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Whitewashedroughcastharling covers the masonry; the roof has been lowered; the circular stair-tower has been significantly raised in height.
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It is aroughcastbuilding on a rectangular plan with a two-storey house attached.
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The first floor is close studded with brownroughcastinfilling, the ground floor is rebuilt in painted brick.
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It is built of sandstone, rendered withroughcastlime plaster.
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The double-storied inn has bays built in brick with aroughcastrendering on the upper storey.
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The upper part of the nave walls and the north aisle areroughcast.
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The house was altered in about 1950, reducing it from three storeys to two, and replacing tile-hanging withroughcast.
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