Custard Cream, anyone? The Ancient House in Clare, Suffolk, boasts some of the loveliest pargeting around! Just look a…
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Custard Cream, anyone?
The Ancient House in Clare, Suffolk, boasts some of the loveliest pargeting around! Just look at those soft, intricate curves.
Pargeting is a type of vernacular plasterwork that adds interest and texture to the facade of timber-framed buildings.
It’s traditionally made using lime render, which is soft enough to scratch patterns into, or like in this case, create opulent hand-modelled forms.
Sadly, pargeting is now an endangered craft.
Where else have you seen pargeting like this?
🏠 Ancient House, Suffolk, cared for by @thelandmarktrust
📷 Matt Brown, CC by SA 2.0
#oldbuilding #listedbuilding #limeplaster #craft #traditionalcraft #suffolk
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