7mm Pencarrow - Cornish BR(S)

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Lyndhurstman

Lyndhurstman

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40057 said:
What is the stone? Do you know? It doesn’t look like Cornish granite, more like a sandstone perhaps? Almost certainly locally sourced so other nearby buildings — presumably still in existence — will be similar.
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As well as granite, this part of the peninsula is also home to a deal of sedimentary rock. The cliffs at Widemouth, south of Bude, are a special oragami of folding and orangeness. The Cornish word for sedimentary rocks is killas. There's some nice folding between Cross Pit and Crooklets Beach; this is a photo I took yesterday...
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Cheers

Jan
 
Pencarrow

Pencarrow

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Lyndhurstman said:
As well as granite, this part of the peninsula is also home to a deal of sedimentary rock. The cliffs at Widemouth, south of Bude, are a special oragami of folding and orangeness. The Cornish word for sedimentary rocks is killas. There's some nice folding between Cross Pit and Crooklets Beach; this is a photo I took yesterday...
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Cheers

Jan
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Funky strata.
 
Pencarrow

Pencarrow

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And the last opening is now filled. The Heath Robinson module is primed and painted up. Looks suitably tatty.
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It does however however show up that the surrounding stonework needs a lot of work.

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These extra three void-filling bits have really brought the building to life.

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I can now fit the last row of slates.
 
Phil O

Phil O

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Chris,

Bledy excellent work.

I think that before you start repainting the stonework, you have nothing to lose, by giving it a few light washes and see how much that changes the colouring and ties it all together.
 
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Phil O said:
Chris,

Bledy excellent work.

I think that before you start repainting the stonework, you have nothing to lose, by giving it a few light washes and see how much that changes the colouring and ties it all together.
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Cheers Phil, yes it was always the intention to run over the existing bold starter colours with washes. I think they need to be heavier, and more patchy than I was originally intending though. I've done a little work this morning to see how that goes.
 
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