Falstaff

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[hobo]eclipse

nice! is there any of creatures or foliage?

Falstaff

I am afraid not, these pics are of the church facade that was rebuilt in the 1870s when british techniques and reconstruction efforts were economical at best. I am sure this was the standard facade template that was used for the Ely church reconstruction at the same period using the native stone, the facings on the entire west side of the church have the polished mill stone texture with evidence of mechanical grinding with water and abrasives like the same stone or something harder. Its was pretty when it was completed but it hasnt weathered well, I am afraid Egyptian sandstone will last longer than the native stone here, since most of the Suffolk churches were rebuilt using a porous sandstone or flaky granite with very little marble at all anywhere. Even the limestone would have been preferable to what was used in the construction of the Ickworth estate and facades which suffer terribly to sulfides that collect in rainwater and from pollution that precipitates from the nearby A14 and the poor grades of diesel that are used here for Lorrys. Ironically, the more rain we get, the more destruction occurs to the stone. The whole place would have been better served made out of lead and bronze vs the porous stonework. Within the a hundred years the gargoyles might well be gone if continue to use fossil fuels for combustion engines and industry. Just look at Venice or even Italy and see the disasterous effect of fossil and bio fuels on the hyrogen sulfides and carbon emmisions that collect in the rain.

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