A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture (1888)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London [etc.] Parker and co. · leaf 230
J&ag^tone— JSear-faauIt. 2l8 Rag-stone, or Rag-work, buildings of rough stone in … broken to the size re- quired. These thin stones are usually laid flat, with a considerable thickness of mortar between them some- times, in herring-bone fashion. [See Herring-lone and Rubble.'] This kind of masonry is frequently plastered and rough-cast: but in some counties neatly pointed with…
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